Sweden’s Kristian Matsson has a new LP There’s No Leaving Us Now due for release via Dead Oceans/Secretly Canadian on June 12th. It follows his excellent album The Wild Hunt and the equally great EP Sometimes the Blues Is Just A Passing Bird, both from 2010. 1904 (stream/download below) is the first new song to come … Continue reading
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ALBUM REVIEW: Chimes of Freedom | The Songs of Bob Dylan
by Chris Familton Bob Dylan must surely be the most covered artist of the last forty years so when another compilation of versions of his songs comes along it is easy to dismiss it as another batch of standards reinterpreted. The hook with this one though is twofold. Firstly it is a fantastic cause with … Continue reading
NEWS: Listen to the first single from Ryan Adams’ Ashes & Fire…
The ever prolific Ryan Adams has been relatively quiet since he released Cardinology in 2008 with the exception of the indie metal Orion and a Cardinals collection. Apparently he had an inner ear condition to sort out as well as getting hitched to Mandy Moore. Now he has announced a new album Ashes & Fire … Continue reading
LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Richmond Fontaine | The Mechanic’s Life (NEW)
Richmond Fontaine are set to release their tenth album The High Country in September. Here is the first listen featuring their now trademark viv imagery and storytelling courtesy of singer/guitarist/novelist Willy Vlautin… Continue reading
LISTEN: Ry Cooder | No Banker Left Behind
Ry Cooder has a new album coming out on Nonesuch/Perro Verde Records on August 30, 2011. Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down takes an incisive look at modern America, government and business – all wrapped in some vintage country and folk sounds and Cooder’s magical guitar playing. Check out No Banker Left Behind below and head … Continue reading
Americana / Folk / Freak Folk / Stream
Essential Listening: Josh T. Pearson
If you haven’t heard of Josh T. Pearson then you definitely have a hole in your record collection. Pearson was the main guy behind Lift To Experience who delivered one of first great albums of the 21st Century (and all time in my opinion). It was burnt out desert folk and blues that bloomed into … Continue reading
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