Giulia Millanta – Conversation with a Ghost (2018)
…Giulia Millanta is from Florence, Italy but now works out of Austin, Texas. Conversation with a Ghost, her sixth album, has an energy that’s reminiscent of both areas. Songs toggle between folk and...
View ArticleParker Millsap. Other Arrangements. Thirty Tigers
When a tremendous crash of electric guitars rang out as this CD began to spin I thought it was the wrong disc playing. Where was the folkie Okie one was expecting? The song, Fine Line, thrashes about...
View ArticleEpisode 211: W.B. Walker’s Old Soul Radio Show Podcast (Colter Wall – The...
This Weeks Episode Features Live Music From: Colter Wall Colterwall.com Theburlky.com (Subscribe to show on Apple device) Itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/w.b.-walkers-old-soul-radio/id632683666?mt=2...
View Articledfbm #101 - Songs of Wild Nothing Pt. 10
“Music... will help dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorrow, will keep a fountain of joy alive in you.” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer First, the...
View Article“It’s not Americana, but I like it, I like it, yes I do” - Americana Music Show
Such is the contemporary nature of the show that you can nearly overlook that they’ve been making music for 55 years because it still sounds as epic as the day it was released. "“It’s not Americana,...
View ArticleVA – Epilogue: A Tribute to John Duffey (2018)
Back in 1957, mandolinist and vocalist John Duffey joined up with banjo player Bill Emerson and guitarist/singer Charlie Waller to form The Country Gentlemen, a group that expanded the boundaries of...
View ArticleGarth Brooks Hearkens Back to Honky Tonk Past in “All Day Long” (review)
The promise and hope ahead of Garth's return from retirement was one of revitalizing country music by hearkening back to the early 90's, which compared to today's sounds, were super twangy and most...
View ArticleWAYDOWN WAILERS – Backland Blues (WoodstockWR62)
From upstate New York, where the locals refer to their border area as “the backlands”, four-piece Waydown Wailers have a very strong blues and roots-rock sound right from the off on this CD, with the...
View ArticleWILY BO WALKER – Almost Transparent Blues (Mescal Canyon MCREX053)
With a name you might expect to encounter on a trip through the southern States, and a set of electric blues, gospel, soul and Americana that seems strongly rooted in tradition, you could be...
View ArticleLachlan Bryan and The Wildes. Some Girls (Quite) Like Country Music
Ever since hearing Lachlan Bryan’s solo album, Shadow of the Gun, back in 2012, Blabber’n’Smoke has always welcomed new music from this Australian troubadour. Schooled as a kid in Hank Williams by his...
View ArticleRomantica – Outlaws (2018)
128 kbps | 40 MB | LINKS Minnesota based Romantica have been around for quite some time, having four previous albums to their name. However, there is some poignancy in this release which has been...
View ArticleTRADITIONS playlist #18-25
Airing live on WFDU on Sunday June 24, 2018 from 3-6pm ET and rebroadcast at www.bluesandrootsradio.com on Saturday June 30 at 6:30pm ET and Tuesday July 3 at 10pm ET (Tune in to TRADITIONS every...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Paul Cauthen’s “Have Mercy EP”
Like some time-shifting hybrid between a hillbilly preacher and the human vessel for a Johnny Cash voodoo seance, Paul Cauthen and his barrel-chested voice come bounding out of a reality warp with...
View ArticleOld Sea Brigade – Hope
Old Sea Brigade (aka Nashville-based, Atlanta-born singer/songwriter Ben Cramer) featured in our Best of 2016 lists, and after a long period of quiet, has released a new single, Hope, which will be...
View ArticleVA – True Faith: Mojo Presents 15 tracks of soul-stirring gospel, country and...
1. Bob Dylan – Slow Train (Rehearsal) 2. Porter Wagoner – A Satisfied Mind 3. The Staple Singers – Will the Circle Be Unbroken 4. Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Up Above My Head,… 5. The Como Mamas – Out of...
View ArticleRJ Comer – One Last Kiss (2018)
320 kbps | 106 MB | LINKS Thirty years ago when RJ Comer dropped out of music school he thought that was the end of his dream – but music wasn’t done with him just yet. During the next three decades,...
View ArticleReview: Volunteer by Old Crow Medicine Show - Americana Music Show
Volunteer by Old Crow Medicine Show is a varied, well played, uplifting and seasoned piece of work. "Review: Volunteer by Old Crow Medicine Show" originated from Americana Music Show.
View ArticleMurder By Death – True Dark
We’ve long been fans of Murder By Death’s gothic country twang, and new track True Dark has it in spades. It comes from upcoming long player The Other Shore (out 24th August) and it has been a long...
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