www.tinangelrecords.co.uk
www.paulcurreri.com
Singer-songwriter, producer and picker Paul Curreri is an all rounder of that there is no doubt about it. His latest album California was inspired through him having to take time off the road due to a vocal-cord injury and on hearing the product —his time could not have been better spent. Thankfully, he soon put his problems behind him to…
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Added by Maurice Hope on November 29, 2009 at 9:00 —
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www.hennessy/keane.com
Fronted by Shaun Hennessy (guitars, banjo, backing vocals) and Ian Keane (lead vocals, drums) and partnered by Carl Storey (guitars, backing vocals), Spencer Brown (bass) and producer Nick Beere, who also guests on Hammond organ Nowhere Fast is very much of an Americana feel.
Despite the fact the album was recorded in a small Wiltshire studio the music from Hennessy Keane is strong in American…
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Added by Maurice Hope on November 27, 2009 at 9:00 —
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www.properuk.com
North Carolina-born,
Charlie Poole was undoubtedly one of the most colourful characters of his age, and for that matter a good few more since then. In some ways he was like the Hank Williams of his day, but singing old time music and not country. He drank heavily and was prone to go missing for days if not weeks —sounds like George Jones and suffered health problems because if it. Poole’s music was recently the focus…
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Added by Maurice Hope on November 27, 2009 at 9:00 —
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www.redhouserecords.com
www.pietabrown.com
Produced by Don Was (Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson etc) Shimmer is a seven-track collection of stripped demos by Pieta Brown. The daughter of famed Iowa singer-songwriter, Greg Brown who too is with Red House Pieta has inherited much of her father’s talent. Beautifully presented, with Bo Ramsey electric guitar (slide) and…
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Added by Maurice Hope on November 27, 2009 at 8:00 —
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www.trainwreckrecords.com/
Chip Taylor is a legend! Nothing less, and once you have seen him put on a show and listened carefully to his records and no longer take him solely as songwriter you will also agree. He has penned such songs as ‘Wild Thing’, ‘Angel Of the Morning’, ‘Son Of A Rotten Gambler’ and ‘I Can’t Let Go’ among others but it is not until you acknowledge his worth as a recording act in his own right that you will…
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Added by Maurice Hope on November 22, 2009 at 17:30 —
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www.malcolmholcombe.com
Here we have yet another superb album from singer-songwriter
Malcolm Holcombe. Spitting out lyrics like bullets from a shogun, his rough-hewn vocals and acoustic guitar aided by the likes of his good friend Jared Tyler (dobro) plus Tim O’Brien (bouzouki, fiddle, banjo and mandola), Lynn Williams (drums) and David Roe (upright bass) he delivers an amazing set of songs.
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Added by Maurice Hope on November 22, 2009 at 17:30 —
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www.marthaannbrooks
Martha Ann Brooks is singer-songwriter originally from Montgomery, Alabama but raised in Augusta, Georgia who blends folk, country, and jazz with pop and has a wonderful controlled singing voice. Unlike all too many today she really can sing, and is a natural storyteller and an accomplished visual artist in the bargain!
Lately… is her second recording, following on from Simply… that contains her song ‘When…
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Added by Maurice Hope on November 21, 2009 at 8:30 —
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www.properuk.com
As blues legends go Charley Patton is up there with the best, and seen by many as the most important figure of the pre-war Mississippi Delta blues scene through his rich, full-bodied music.
In comparison to the likes of Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and Sun House among others he may often be over-looked, but that should not be the case as this Properbox set illustrates.
While the 4-CD set is…
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Added by Maurice Hope on November 20, 2009 at 9:00 —
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www.heathermasse.com
www.redhouserecords.com
First off I must state what a fabulously voice New York-based musician Heather Masse possesses and that she uses it beautifully. With support from her band of Jed Wilson (keyboards), Karl Doty (bass), Lyle Brewer (acoustic, electric and baritone guitar) and Joel Arnow (drums) plus, Crooked Still vocalist Aoife O’Donovan on harmony vocals simple…
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Added by Maurice Hope on November 20, 2009 at 7:30 —
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Bluegrass singer and hit songwriter
Claire Lynch has changed little since I first heard her in the early 1980s fronting the Front Porch String Band and for this I am well pleased.
Discernable hints of Emmylou Harris to her vocals once present are now long gone as the…
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Added by Maurice Hope on November 15, 2009 at 9:00 —
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Since breaking onto the scene,
the Old Crows have made a huge impression with their blending of traditional country, folk, blues, jug band music and bluegrass fueled by a ton of energy . That has made them firm favourites at festivals in Europe as well as their native homeland, the US. Comprising of Ketch Secor, Willie Watson, Gill Landry, Morgan Jahnig and Kevin Hayes are, as this DVD illustrates an innovative ensemble who…
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Added by Maurice Hope on November 15, 2009 at 8:30 —
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Texas-raised singer-songwriter
Danny Schmidt is one of the most talented writers to emerge on the Americana scene this decade and counting. After him winning Kerrville’s New Folk Award in 2007 and critical acclaim of Little Grey Sheep the following year, 2009 saw him debut on Red House with Instead The Forest Rose To Sing.
Schmidt’ s rise to the position he now commands hasn’t as you are about to read been an easy…
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Added by Maurice Hope on November 9, 2009 at 20:30 —
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www.smither.com
www.signaturesounds.com
Folk blues Americana act Chris Smither who has been writing great songs for a long time and had the likes of Bonnie Raitt pick up on his work seems to make class albums at will.
Since the beginning Chris Smither has consistently been making full-bodied music that fits the Americana category better than most any act I can think of, and he shows…
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Added by Maurice Hope on November 8, 2009 at 18:30 —
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www.benreel.com Inspired by the likes of Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Ben Reel is a singer-songwriter from Silverbridge, County Armagh that merges his work with country rock Americana yet it is his passion and ability as a genuine story-telling that see him grasp emotions of the heart.
It is twenty years since as a teenager he formed his first band, Trim The Velvet but it is as a solo recording act his talent and writer of…
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Added by Maurice Hope on November 8, 2009 at 18:00 —
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www.lylelovett.com
www.humpheadcountry.com
When it comes to great Texas singer-songwriters, performers and recording acts then Lyle Lovett is up there with the very best, and to many he is the best! Such is his unique stylist qualities both as a vocalist and writer Lovett is an impossible act to follow.
Utilising the songwriting powers of the likes of Eric Taylor via his excellent…
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Added by Maurice Hope on November 2, 2009 at 20:30 —
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SAM BUSH —CIRCLES AROUND ME (Sugar Hill)
www.sambush.com
www.myspace.com/sambushband.com
This could well be Sam Bush’s best solo album to date, for his vocals have never sounded better with as always the instrumental work of another class! As Sam (mandolin, fiddle, lead vocals) in the company of Byron House (electric and acoustic bass, harmony vocals), Chris Brown…
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Added by Maurice Hope on November 1, 2009 at 18:00 —
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Bluegrass singer and hit songwriter Claire Lynch has changed little since I first heard her in the early 1980s fronting the Front Porch String Band and for this I am well pleased.
