TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON Steamboat In A Cornfield Squirrel 1056 www.truckstophoneymoon.com/ Vocalists, songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Katie Euliss and Mike West borrowed the title of their latest project from a true-to-life children’s book by the late folk, … Continue reading →
VARIOUS ARTISTS Stepping It Out Again! Veteran 10 www.veteran.co.uk\ Veteran’s established itself as very much a label of the people, documenting the songs, music and stories performed by ordinary people. You won’t find any … Continue reading →
MONICA DA SILVA Brasilissima Socialite Fiasco Music www.socialitefiascomusic.com The second album from Brazilian vocalist da Silva (who has long lived in the US), continues and develops the unalloyed joy of her debut. She mixes … Continue reading →
VARIOUS ARTISTS The Descendants Soundtrack Sony Classical 88697984562 www.sonyclassical.com There have been hundreds of Hollywood movies set in Hawaii, from Elvis’s “Blue Hawaii” to “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” The one thing they all have in … Continue reading →
STANLEY GREENTHAL First Song Stanley Greenthal 1006 www.stanleygreenthal.com Stanley Greenthal is a talented multi-instrumentalist from the Northwest of the U.S. First Song, his fifth recording, features original songs with instrumentals from Scotland, Brittany, Crete, … Continue reading →
EINAR OLAV LARSEN TRIO Lysblåin Etnisk Musikklubb 84 www.emcd.no einarolavlarsen.no/ Fiddler Einar Olav Larsen is probably best known as part of the Norwegian-Finnish band Frigg. But here, in company with pianist Daniel Rossing Trustrup (who … Continue reading →
ORPHEUS SUPERTONES Going To Town Mudthumper 0022 www.mudthumper.com The old-time music revival is in its seventh decade. In that time we have encountered revivalist bands that kept to the tradition, multidimensional outfits that … Continue reading →
AKIRA OTSUKA First Tear Patuxent 231 www.pxrec.com www.akiraotsuka.com American Bluegrass fans first became aware of mandolinist Akira Otsuka as a member of the groundbreaking Japanese band Bluegrass 45. Since those days he has been a … Continue reading →
BETH McKEE Next To Nowhere Swamp Girl 2 www.bethmckee.com Mississippi native and former member of the New Orleans-based band Evangeline, singer-songwriter (and occasional keyboardist)Beth McKee’s latest album follows I’m That Way, her critically heralded … Continue reading →
GUY DAVIS The Adventures Of Fishy Waters: In Bed With The Blues Smokeydoke www.guydavis.com This “audio play” project marks the disc debut of a one-man production that singer-songwriter Guy Davis has performed on and off … Continue reading →
