Miss Emily – The Medicine Some older music aficionados will find several songs that come across (“My Freedom”) as a reminder of the bluesy vocals of Lydia Pense (Cold Blood) & Genya Ravan (Ten Wheel Drive). Both ladies possessed the vocal roots application Miss Emily provides so well & remarkably pristinely. Not as gutsy & […]
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Henri Herbert – Get It While It’s Hot This is a straight-out driving old school rock ‘n’ roll collection. Though it dips its head in a barrel of retro influences, it does not come up wet with vintage, antiquated, scrapyard oldies. Instead, it does what the original rockers did – made it sound challenging, danceable […]
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The recipient must be “an iconic artist who has attained the highest degree of recognition in country music.” One star fits the description.
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The Tasty Kings The Kindness of Numbers Founded in New York City, this band has shaped its fourth studio album into a jangly, dusty Americana-dominant landscape. Their forte is part Del Lords, through ear-caressing “Tess of Soho,” that brings an earthiness to an urban geography that glides into a partially rootsy Grateful Dead-era (“Sunset”) plaintive […]
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Paul Kelly has titled his new album, Seventy, after his age. “The road ahead is shorter now than the road behind,” he sings over the ringing folk-rock of “Take It Handy.” “… What I’d give for one more round.”
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Favorite Son Juniper The band Favorite Son hails from San Antonio Texas. They’re a four piece band at their core, although there are a few guests on sax, pedal steel and harmonies for the album. Guitarists Cooper Greenberg and Ramon Botello have played together since high school which is evident in the close complex and […]
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Tipping his cowboy hat to one of the greats, Merle Haggard. This week, Willie Nelson released his new record Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle, which features 11 country classics penned by the Hag himself. Marking Willie’s 78th career solo studio album (the 155th of his career in total), it’s a beautiful project honoring his late friend and one of my favorites the red headed stranger has released in the last several years. Of course, Willie and Merle were very close friends for […]
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The great Chris Stapleton… an award-winning country music icon, the best voice in the universe, a master songwriter, and… certified pyro fan. Fresh off a handful Grammy nominations last week, Chris Stapleton is kicking off this Monday morning with a teaser for his latest music video, “White Horse,” which will feature Oscar-nominated actor, Josh Brolin, among others. Of course, Chris and Josh seem to have struck up a friendship this year after they joined forced for a Billboard exposé on […]
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