Tag Archives: Americana

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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JUSTIN SALADINO BAND – Honest Lies

November 13, 2022

Justin Saladino Band 2022 In search of truth and the ways to conceal it, Canadian axeman ventures across stylistic frontiers and locates new scents beyond the pale. Without overtly stating so, Justin Saladino seems to have closed the first, decade-long … Continue reading →

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JEFF COTTON – The Fantasy Of Reality

November 2, 2022

Madfish 2022 Stripping the disguise of “Trout Mask Replica” to reveal his true face, veteran six-stringer releases a solo debut. If the fretboard in the skies on the cover of this platter looks like a stairway to heaven, that’s the … Continue reading →

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