February 2012 Blog Posts (63)

www.ledfoot-gothicblues.com/biography.htm 

www.hypertension-music.eu 

Gothic blues…, hmm. Don’t be put off by the title and picture displayed on the rear of the cd depicting Ledfoot (aka Tim Scott McConnell) because the music isn’t at all way out. Only he goes…

http://www.breabach.com

Scottish traditional act, Breabach after going through some personnel changes last year have in, Bann that in Gaelic means band or bind an album that combines a number of different angles. For not only do we have a collection of jigs, reels and Strathspeys but tunes gathered from Norway by way of the lively dance tune ‘Mogaisean’ and…

www.thedirtybeggars.com 

www.dimedockrecords.com 

Surprise package The Dirty Beggars aren’t from yonder side of the Atlantic but this. Who would have guessed such the quality of the songs ‘Nashville Wave Goodbye’, bluegrass romp ‘Too Tired (To Work That Farm Today)’ and…

On episode 76 of the Taproot Music Show, Brandon Sampson from Six Mile Grove and Bob Wootton tell the story of how they met and…

www.fwrecords.co.uk

Now here is an interesting project! Though it does have a little experimental fare the innovative flair such is the slick pickin’ you can’t help but be driven by the work of Skip. The one-time member of The Byrds, 1969-1973 has Roland White, Al Perkins, Chris Ethridge, Byron Berline, Alan Munde, Bob Beeman, Mike Bowden and Herb Pedersen aid his lead vocals and piano. Originally, scheduled for…

 http://bapkennedy.com

Belfast-born singer-songwriter Bap Kennedy is an artist for whom I have had a soft spot ever since I heard him front roots rock band, Energy Orchard, and then when he went solo it was like manna from heaven to my ears. This was in 1998 when with the help of his friend, Steve Earle he debut with Nashville recorded, Domestic Blues. Featuring…

http://www.missquincy.net

Canadian sassy lassie Miss Quincy is back with a second album, follow up to Your Mama Don’t Like Me, a fusion of various forms of roots music that for many evoked the raw excitement of the frontier saloon. Well, she’s got the voice, that’s for sure, as she powers her way through a new set of self-written songs that plunder…

FTB podcast #153 features the new album by MARTIN ZELLAR called Roosters Crow. Also new music from OTIS GIBBS, DAVID RODRIGUEZ & SUSAN GREENBAUM. Here's the iTunes link to…

In the dying days of Celtic Connections we heard that good friends of Blabber’n’Smoke, Old Dollar Bill were venturing west to support Mairi Orr at an Open Stage gig. The Open stage is a free daily show featuring several artists who have the opportunity to play to a very appreciative audience. It’s one of Celtic Connections’ finer aspects and was inspired by the late and…

www.betterangelsradio.com 

www.petesinjin.com 

Here we have a first for me of hearing the work of New York singer-songwriter Pete Sinjin. A man of no little talent his songs are well-written and on or two quite wordy and for that one reason alone comparisons to fellow recording act, Tom Pacheco are…

www.continental.nl 

www.jeffreyfoucault.com 

Produced by himself and the genial producer and guitarist, David Goodrich here is yet another fascinating collection of work from Americana singer-songwriter guitarist Jeffrey Foucault. Though the material is down as a co-effort with Boston, Massachusetts published poet, Lisa…

http://wearetheos.com

The O's are 

- Taylor Young - Vocals, Guitar, Bass Drum, Vibes…

‘This is unexpected’ said Ryan Boldt as the Deep Dark Woods took Brighton by storm on the second date of their first UK tour. Playing in a low ceilinged basement room, the Canadian roots collective from Saskatoon seemed genuinely surprised and pleased at the welcome they received. As soon as they completed their first song The Banks of the Leopold Canal the applause and cheers rang out and continued so, in appreciation, after every song of the just shy of one and a half hour…

Seattle Country Soul Sensation Rachel Harrington has formed a band discribed as  4 Gals - 3 parts Western Fun - 2 parts bourbon - 1 killer band,  touring across Europe…

http://www.reverbnation.com/navacross

On Nava Cross’ Myspace site their influences are listed as “The 50s and 60s, the blues, the country, the rock, the roll”. Fair enough, you can hear most of that in their cheerfully blokish take on all those things. They don’t sound quite like anyone else but, nonetheless, are solidly in the tradition of mid-70s…

http://www.facebook.com/people/Victor-Camozzi/1616450532

Victor Camozzi is a Texan songwriter with one well-received album (3 Peso Cigar) behind him and now, a little over three years later, he’s back with a collection of new songs. Recorded in Santa Monica with producer/multi-instrumentalist Matt Downs,…

http://thefarwestband.com/      

The Far West are five guys who, separately,  found their way to L.A. and, after various musical adventures, discovered a shared enthusiasm for making a particular kind of country music. Throwing all their favourite ingredients into the mix, they’ve managed to produce something very fine and distinctive for this, their debut album. Harking…

http://www.thegourds.com   

Starting off to the sound of Kevin Russell’s Memphis soul, New Orleans style lead vocals, aided by accordion, mandolin and driving rhythm the album hits a major strike, immediately. So strong is the opening track ‘I Want It So Bad’, and that statement alone could be attributed to just how good they wanted this album to turn out.…