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Brooklyn transplant Charles Ellsworth escaped the harsh New York City winter to return to his roots in Arizona and record his new album, Cesaréa, set for release on May 26th via Burro Borracho Records. Ellsworth joined forces with producer Bob Hoag (Courtney Marie Andrews, The Format, Gin Blossoms) to create Cesaréa, which embodies his signature country-Americana sound, yet pushes... Continue Reading →
“I’m not from a musical family, none of them can carry a tune in a bucket,” laughs country rocker Kasey Tyndall, who wrote her first song at the ripe old age of 13. “We’ve looked all the way down the family tree to try and figure out where I got it.” The Nashville-based native North... Continue Reading →
The Kernal - Light Country There's something refreshingly familiar about Light Country, the new full-length record from Jackson, Tennessee-based red suit wearing traditionalist, The Kernal, out via John Paul White's Single Lock Records. With quick-witted lyrics that encompass everything from a knock-kneed ballerina who has the heart but not the know-how to living in an abandoned Taco Bell, and... Continue Reading →
Aaron Watson - Vaquero For the uninitiated, there's country, and then, there's Texas country. Veteran music-maker Aaron Watson's latest release, Vaquero, is a beautiful example of just that; between the radio-friendly tracks on the ambitious 16-song stunner are the real gems--songs like "They Don't Make'Em Like They Used To" and the album's title track that brim with life... Continue Reading →
It’s rare that an album leaves me in awe, grasping for words to describe it, but that’s exactly where I was the first time I heard Jenna Torres’ Wild Sugar. Often, we hear the hyperbole of the singer/songwriter that channels emotion and has the “right voice at the right time,” so it was a struggle to adequately... Continue Reading →
“I look around and all I see is flood,” says iconic entertainer John Schneider, whose latest album chronicles his experiences during the devastating flood that ransacked his southern Louisiana community last August. “We received 36 inches of rain in 10 hours; the ground was saturated, and there was no where for the water to go.... Continue Reading →
Brigitte DeMeyer & Will Kimbrough - Mockingbird Soul These two were born to sing together, and this collaboration proves it. Though it's not their first rodeo together, these best friends and longtime music-makers have knocked it out of the proverbial park with Mockingbird Soul; by mixing acoustic stylings with straight out of the swamp harmonious blues,... Continue Reading →
Kelsey Waldon - Dirty Old Town Kelsey Waldon's Dirty Old Town, released in August of this year, came back to our attention recently with a live Audiotree Session featured on Spotify, and we got all excited about the record all over again. This album from the hardworking Nashville-by-way-of-Kentucky songstress is country as cornbread, and we just know... Continue Reading →
Few, if any, musical experiences that I have had in my years of attending concerts were quite like what I experienced recently at the historic Ryman Auditorium; there was something different in the air during the second evening of Sturgill Simpson’s two night stand at the mother church. When the attendant escorted me to my... Continue Reading →
Dan Layus wears many hats— from writer, music-maker, and Augustana frontman, to husband and stay-at-home-dad, new adventures are the name of the game. Today, Layus adds yet another accomplishment or two to the list—his new country-cana solo album Dangerous Things is out, and tonight, he makes his debut on the hallowed stage of the Grand Ole Opry.... Continue Reading →