Five years on from
Home Movie his debut with the Fallen Hearts, Mat Gibson has a new mini-album set for release on Clubhouse Records early next month, anyone familiar with Clubhouse' excellent UK Americana compilation…
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Added by simon2307 on August 29, 2011 at 14:46 —
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Having read the recent 4**** review in
Uncut for Celebration Florida I must admit to being put off shelling out to buy a copy of the album, I have the rest of
The Felice Brothers recorded output as well as Simone's solo work and that with
The… Continue
Added by simon2307 on May 18, 2011 at 19:24 —
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Rodney Crowell knows a thing or two about writing a good tune I’m sure you’d agree, ”the soul of a poet and the voice of an angel” is the phrase he used to describe Kimmie Rhodes and it’s a more than apt summary, Kimmie’s songs have been recorded by names you can throw in without need of…
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Added by simon2307 on March 21, 2011 at 19:13 —
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This album feels so effortless, the skill of the performer using a musical sleight of hand that lulls the senses with the beauty of it’s simplicity, this is Holcombe’s eighth album and has been produced by long-time sideman Jared Tyler – they know each other well and
To Drink The Rain reflects…
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Added by simon2307 on February 21, 2011 at 17:43 —
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Hurray for the Riff Raff are a new signing for Loose Music and the labels quality control has scored another bulls-eye with the release of the self titled album from the New Orleans based Americana…
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Added by simon2307 on February 15, 2011 at 19:17 —
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Released by Yerbird The Falls is the debut full length album from White Pines the musical aka for Michigan native Joseph Scott, now resident in Akron, OH he was a member of several bands before realizing he had to go it…
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Added by simon2307 on January 9, 2011 at 16:00 —
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With a growing number of albums hitting Beat Surrender's virtual doormat I've started to carry around with me more of the new music that gets sent my way, listening on the move is not always ideal so the music needs to quickly grab my attention,
Justin Rutledge's latest album
The Early Widows did just that and after the first listen I was immediately reaching for the repeat button.
The Early Widows is Toronto…
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Added by simon2307 on October 2, 2010 at 18:30 —
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You don't put a
Jeff Finlin album on as background music, you need to put any distractions to one-side, listen intently and absorb, it's worth it.
Despite the critical accolades and big-name endorsements (Springsteen's a fan) the man's music hasn't made it to the masses, it probably not much consolation to the guy but he's a firm…
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Added by simon2307 on September 9, 2010 at 22:27 —
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When the songs are that good it's no surprise that there is a pair of albums out in the next month or so featuring covers of the late, great Townes van Zandt work.
The first one is
Riding the Range - The songs of Townes Van Zandt, there's an extra angle on this one as…
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Added by simon2307 on September 5, 2010 at 12:00 —
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Got to be honest I had no idea who Guthrie Kennard was before reading the press-release to his latest album Matchbox, so I discover he's released several solo albums as well as playing bass for the legendary Ray Wylie Hubbard who produced this release - guaranteeing it's worth listening to.
The album's a fine set of Texas country-blues, solid earthy vocal, strong lyrics and a minimal production that lets the songs speak for themselves, excellent stuff, had to…
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Added by simon2307 on September 4, 2010 at 22:30 —
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Faith to Fall is the debut solo release from San Francisco based singer-songwriter-bassist Kate Burkart, eleven self-penned tracks exploring the eternal conundrums of love, faith and loss against a back drop of cultured and cosmopolitan musical styles, originally from Boston… Continue
Added by simon2307 on June 1, 2010 at 10:32 —
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I'm trying to nail why I like this album, on first listen I didn't "get it", but was intrigued enough to go for round two immediately, then three and four, it's kind of addictive - the way it jumps around mixing up the styles maybe, the sharp sometimes off-kilter lyrics perhaps, whatever it is this Boston five-piece have produced a cracker of a début,… Continue
Added by simon2307 on April 24, 2010 at 1:06 —
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News of a new release from Jeffrey Foucault who is turning covers into a speciality, this time around he's teamed up to record an album of murder ballad duets with
Mark Erelli, the albums due out in Europe on April 12th, you can pre-order in the UK at Fish Records - to tempt you there's a trio of tracks to download of this acoustic focussed records available at Jeffrey's official…
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Added by simon2307 on March 30, 2010 at 20:30 —
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Back in November of last year I posted on
Beat Surrender details of a couple of EP's released by Richmond VA band Exebelle & The Rusted Cavalcade and mentioned a third was in the works, well it's complete now, entitled Vivement l'Automne! it's a case of saving the best to last as this one is the strongest of the trio of EP's, seven tracks of first class Americana from a group of…
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Added by simon2307 on March 20, 2010 at 18:40 —
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When I got this album I must admit to mentally shelving it, for a start I had no idea who E.C. Ball was and the track listing pointed towards a gospel collection – which has never been near the top of my listening, but I’d also made myself a promise to listen to as much of the music I get sent as possible so I filed it in pending. A few weeks down the line I took to reading the “one sheet” for the album and the first thing I noticed was a number of…
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Added by simon2307 on February 10, 2010 at 12:30 —
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Walking Band is the second album from Rogers & The Rockets, the band from Örnsköldsvik - Sweden recorded the album at the Tonteknik Recording studio in Umeå. Roger is Roger Häggström who takes lead vocals and plays a varied selection of stringed instruments, Mats Byström adds backing vocals, bass, guitars, mandolin, banjo and keyboards, Björn Sohlin plays fiddle, Pelle Henricsson handles percussion-drums, tambourines, shakers, bells and…
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Added by simon2307 on February 1, 2010 at 19:04 —
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Swedish country rockers Willy Clay Band have recently released their second album the follow up to the wonderful Rebecca Drive, there was an EP in between but this album is long overdue - but worthy of the wait, it's as good as album number one and features the same blend of crafted country roots rockers.
The album was recorded in an old barn close to the bands home town Kiruna with engineering and production by Ollie Olson, the band…
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Added by simon2307 on January 26, 2010 at 20:25 —
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Hailing from Oakland CA and describing their music as "slow southern folk" The Shants are - Skip Allums (guitars,vocals,piano), Samuel Tokheim (pedal steel) , Carver Cordes (bass) and Adam Burstein (drums) with Maggie Morris on harmony vocals.
The lead off track from their debut EP Russian River Songs sets the tone nicely and fits easily into the Americana genre, the mood created by the pedal steel and acoustic guitar set against the…
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Added by simon2307 on January 24, 2010 at 16:30 —
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