LINDSAY STRAW My Mind From Love Being Free Self Release www.lindsaystraw.com Originally from Montana, singer and instrumentalist Lindsay Straw relocated to Boston in her late teens to study film scoring at the famed Berklee … Continue reading →
SPIRO Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow Real World Records 206 www.realworldrecords.com As far as I know, this Bristol, England, quartet has little or no competition. First off, they are completely instrumental – featuring acoustic … Continue reading →
VARIOUS Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song Document 7010 www.document-records.com This two-disc set is a one-of-a-kind project for the famed Document reissue label in that it contains material by living musicians (led by vocalist … Continue reading →
SUSIE GLAZE and THE HILONESOME BAND Not That Kind of Girl Hilonesome www.susieglaze.com I must admit I asked my editor for this disc because I liked the cover, a black and white old-time photo of a … Continue reading →
Gretchen Peters Blackbirds Scarlet Letter 10 www.gretchenpeters.com Gretchen Peters first moved to Nashville in the 1980s. She has written a long string of some of the best songs from there, often dealing with thorny … Continue reading →
CLAIRE HOLLEY Time In The Middle Self 88295-23079 www.claireholley.com I hadn’t heard anything from Claire Holley since her second album on Yep Roc (4th overall) Dandelion, and that one really impressed me and stuck with … Continue reading →
DAVE VAN RONK Live In Monterey Omnivore 83 www.omnivorerecordings.com DAVE VAN RONK Hear Me Howl Rock Beat 3284 On Amazon The charismatic “Mayor of MacDougal Street,” otherwise … Continue reading →
LE VENT DU NORD Têtu Borealis 236 www.borealisrecords.com I suspect that the Quebecois band Le Vent du Nord is unfamiliar to many in the English-speaking world. Which is too bad, because they are exceptionally … Continue reading →
GUADI GALEGO Lúas de Outubro e Agosto Fol 1078 www.boa.es Mention “Celtic lands,” and chances are good few will mention Galicia–a northwestern region of Spain that bleeds into northern Portugal. That is unless you … Continue reading →
CATH and PHIL TYLER The Song-Crowned King Ferrid Modrant 9 www.cathandphiltyler.bandcamp.com This beautifully spare new release from the American-British duo (based in England) has been a long time promised, but even with only six … Continue reading →
