Kristin Scott Benson — Stringworks Label: Mountain Home Music Company String works is a mesmerizing album showcasing Kristin Scott Benson’s abundance of musical gifts. On it, the four-time winner of the IBMA Instrumental Performer of the Year Award for Banjo offers an agreeable half instrumental, half vocal collection of twelve songs. The material chosen allows us … Continue reading
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Tony Hadley, The Voice Of Spandau Ballet, Offers Debut Holiday Album On Omnivore
New 2016 edition includes three previously unissued tracks. Album features standards, seasonal hits and original songs, including duet with Kim Wilde. Out on October 21st. Tony Hadley was the soulful front man for the hugely popular 1980s New Romantic band Spandau Ballet. After fifteen Top 10 singles (including the #1 smash “True”) the group took a 20-year hiatus before reforming … Continue reading
‘Highway Prayer’: A Tribute To Adam Carroll Celebrates Singular Texas Tunesmith
Tribute album due October 28 on Eight 30 Records features James McMurtry, Hayes Carll, Slaid Cleaves, Band of Heathens, Tim Easton and Aaron Lee Tasjan Highway Prayer: A Tribute to Adam Carroll, due October 28 on Austin-based Eight 30 Records, celebrates a true songwriter’s songwriter, a Texas tunesmith who has inspired both younger and older artists for nearly two decades. … Continue reading
New Blues: Owen Campbell — ‘Breathing Bullets’
Owen Campbell — ‘Breathing Bullets’ Label: Roc Records Breathing Bullets, the new album from Australian blues singer/songwriter Owen Campbell was produced by Devon Allman of The Allman Brothers family tree. In case that wasn’t enough, Grammy winner Tom Hambridge mixed and mastered it. This collection of tunes(which blends rock ‘n’ roll, soul, and country with the blues) was … Continue reading
New Americana — Lauren Adams’ ‘Somewhere Else’
Lauren Adams — Somewhere Else With singer/songwriter Lauren Adams’ new album, Somewhere Else, the whole is not greater than the simple sum of its parts. Often, the instrumentation and arrangements alone provide more listening pleasure than the entire track. This makes for a mostly agreeable but sometimes frustrating experience. The highlights of the album are definitely the acoustic … Continue reading
New Americana: Boo Ray’s ‘Sea Of Lights’
Boo Ray — Sea Of Lights Boo Ray has a unique sound that is bound to attract attention from those who like their rock rural and gritty. Outlaw rock, Southern rock and blues rock, all set to the pulse of life as we actually live it. His new album, Sea of Lights, overflows with country/rock songs … Continue reading
New Blues: Jeremiah Johnson Band — ‘Blues Heart Attack’
Jeremiah Johnson Band — Blues Heart Attack Label: Connor Ray Music The Jeremiah Johnson Band is just that. (Which is quite enough.) Although he is the absolutely necessary center of things, Jeremiah Johnson has smartly surrounded himself with supremely talented supporting musicians, allowing him to soar. (Which he does.) The Jeremiah Johnson Band is: Jeremiah … Continue reading
Cody Johnson’s ‘Gotta Be Me’ Is The Best Country Album So Far in 2016
Cody Johnson’s — Gotta Be Me Produced by: Trent Willmon Label: CoJo Music If you’re one of the loyal, country music lovers out there who have been worrying about the direction the genre is headed, fear not—Cody Johnson has come to the rescue. And you’ll never guess what he brings to assuage your anxiety… actual … Continue reading
Cody Johnson’s ‘Gotta Be Me’ Claims #1 Position On iTunes Country Album Chart
This morning indie sensation Cody Johnson woke up to the news that his album GOTTA BE ME was sitting at #1 on the iTunes Country Album Chart and #2 on the iTunes All Genre Album Chart. GOTTA BE ME is available in stores now and on iTunes here. Rolling Stone Country claims “Johnson confidently asserts … Continue reading
New Country (single): Lucas Hoge — ‘Boom Boom’
Lucas Hoge — “Boom Boom” Label: Rebel Engine Entertainment To purchase this song on iTunes, click here. Lucas Hoge is impressing country radio with his new single, “Boom Boom.” It’s a feel good uptempo love song that inhabits the popular border between pop and country. Sung with a comfortable, slightly yearning voice, it was smartly … Continue reading
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