Tag Archives: Americana

ROBIN LANE – Dirt Road To Heaven

June 29, 2023

Red On Red 2022 Veteran of rustic delights searches for celestial highs while keeping her light feet attached to the ground. Americana is too broad a genre to embrace its entire spectrum within a single album’s borders, but some lesser … Continue reading →

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MICHAEL VINCENT – Electric Fox

May 21, 2023

Angel Blossom 2023 A stalwart of San Francisco roots scene casts a glance over his shoulder to harvest the finest fruits of recent oeuvre. He might have been releasing records for almost three decades now, yet it’s the last few … Continue reading →

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GRIFF PETERS – Canyons And Waves

April 22, 2023

Impropriety 2022 A quietly disturbing paean to the precious art of living from a San Diego minstrel. Even knowing that this singer-songwriter graduated from Berklee – an oxymoron of sorts – can’t prepare the listener for surprises that are concealed … Continue reading →

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JIM TYRELL – Box Of Shells

April 6, 2023

Robo Jack 2023 Can you hear the roar of oceans from a bunch of conches on your shelf? Ask this sweet-voiced New Hampshirite. A mere sixty-six miles separate Plymouth and Portsmouth, yet while there’s a big differences between the two … Continue reading →

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CLAIRE HAMILL – A Pocket Full Of Love Songs

January 28, 2023

Cherry Red 2022 You know how ladies are: smiling her blues away, British songstress reaches into one’s soul to bring tomorrow’s sunshine back. In the early ’70s, at seventeen, with a string of scintillating folk-informed numbers, she was the belle … Continue reading →

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