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JEREMY STEPHENS “How I Hear It”
Nato a Danville, Virginia (cittadina che ha dato i natali anche al leggendario e compianto Tony Rice, tra i maggiori chitarristi acustici americani), Jeremy Stephens è attualmente il banioista con gli High Fidelity, una delle migliori realtà dei suoni che si collegano al bluegrass in circolazione, con una carriera che vanta decadi di ottima musica. Grande conoscenza della materia, tecnica sopraffina, le frequentazioni giuste: tutto questo fa di questo suo “How I Hear It” un prodotto estremamente valido e godibile in cui la scelta del materiale e il ‘parterre de roi’ che lo interpreta sono le carte vincenti. [...]
JACKSON BROWNE “Downhill From Everywhere”
Jackson Browne ormai da anni incide con molta parsimonia, si prende tutto il tempo necessario per scrivere ma non per questo rimane inattivo tra un disco e l’altro. Oltre al suo grande ed ormai proverbiale impegno sociale, ecologico e politico c’è una buona attività ‘social’ tramite cui regala agli appassionati performances di rara lucidità ed adamantina bellezza riprendendo vecchi e nuovi brani da un songbook ampio e per molti versi memorabile. In questo 2021 c’è stato anche l’atteso tour con James Taylor e un nuovo album a distanza di sette anni dal precedente “Standing In The Breach” che [...]
BRENT MOYER “Song Rider”
Sono ormai nove i dischi incisi da Brent Moyer per la label svizzera Brambus in un sodalizio solido e fruttuoso che ha legato il musicista cresciuto nel Wyoming a una delle storiche realtà discografiche europee in ambito roots, già importante approdo per un altro grande della musica americana come il compianto Richard Dobson, tra le figure basilari del cantautorato texano. Brent Moyer si è guadagnato il nomignolo di Global Cowboy per l’innata e coinvolgente voglia di diffondere la sua passione per la country music, spesso condita da grande bravura come songwriter oltre che ad una ottima predisposizione come [...]
Jim Lauderdale live at Country Western Festival Frutigen
Jim Lauderdale is the kind of person everyone should have in their closest circle of friends. Kind, mannered, measured, polite, a pleasant gentleman of North Carolina. The Nashville based singer/songwriter and Grammy winner greets us at breakfast and sits at his table, he is not intrusive but we believe in conviviality so we invite him to join us and he gladly accepts. He was the headliner of the Country Western Festival Frutigen, in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, which took place during the last weekend, in days of intense heat that did not spare even Switzerland. On Friday he [...]
JOSEPHINE JOHNSON “Double High Five”
Sei brani non sono molti ma sono sufficienti a tracciare una esaustiva fotografia della musicalità di Josephine Johnson, cantautrice salita alla ribalta (almeno negli States) grazie all’album “The Spark” pubblicato nel 2018. Attiva principalmente nel sudest degli Stati Uniti, tra Georgia e Tennessee, Josephine Johnson è in possesso di una interessante voce e di uno stile che unisce con fascino contemporaneo elementi roots e pop e questo ep è la conferma di talento ma anche di un buono stato di forma compositivo, muovendosi tra la sognante poetica di “Built To Last”, il pregevole chitarrismo dello strumentale ed evocativo [...]
Dan + Shay – Good Things (Warner)
Dan and Shay release the new album Good Things. Produced by Dan + Shay's Dan Smyers, "Good Things" includes the first single "10,000 Hours" with Justin Bieber.
Toby Keith – Peso In My Pocket (Show Dog)
Toby Keith releases his first album of new material in 5 years. Kenny Greenberg co-produced the album with Keith. The first single is "Old School," written by Maren Morris, Ryan Hurd and Brett Tyler. Sammy Hagar co-wrote "Growing Up is a Bitch" with Keith.
DELLA HARRIS IS READY FOR HER “NEXT LIFE”
Hot on the heels of her stunning hit duet with rising star, Andy Penkow, Victorian artist – Della Harris – unleashes her fun new single, “Next Life”. According to Della, the track is a self- explanatory tale about where she is in her personal life right now. Della says the idea had been ticking over in her head for quite some time and eventually she came up with the melody and some lyrics. She took it to her producer and co-writer, Clive Young, who loved it immediately and they quickly came up with the catchy chorus to complete the track. [...]
The new single from Frank Ray – “Country’d Look Good On You” (out now)
BBR Music Group/Stoney Creek Records’ Frank Ray has released “Country’d Look Good On You”, a catchy mid-tempo track with rural imagery, backroad swagger and contemporary country groove. The former police officer, Texas chart-topper, and bilingual entertainer is currently on his first radio tour with the single (his first as a signed artist), set to impact US country radio on August 23rd Produced by Frank Rogers, “Country’d Look Good On You”, with its fun yet mellow vibe, is equal parts smooth and down home. The country newcomer showcases the versatility of his voice across the infectious tune, delivering classic vocals in [...]
Ashland Craft Shares First Tracks From Her Debut Album ‘Travelin’ Kind’ (Out September 3rd)
Ashland Craft reclaims the open road as her own in her highly anticipated debut album, TRAVELIN’ KIND, out September 3rd via Big Loud Records. Featuring lead off track ‘Make It Past Georgia’ and follow up ‘Your Momma Still Does’ (released on Friday, Aug 6th), the Jonathan Singleton-produced collection features a heavy-hitting, GRAMMY-nominated songwriting crew including Singleton, Jessi Alexander, Jessie Jo Dillon, Rodney Clawson, and Wyatt Beasley Durrette, III, alongside her close friends and rising talents like Faren Rachels, Rob Snyder, Lee Starr, Willie Morrison, Reid Isbell, and Jenna LaMaster.
Runaway June Open A New Chapter With ‘backstory’ (out August 20th)
Award-nominated country music trio Runaway June will release their bright, rootsy new EP, backstory, on Friday, August 20th — the same weekend they join Luke Bryan on his Proud To Be Right Here Tour. Drenched in intoxicating vocals, seamlessly rich harmonies and fervent western bluegrass, the new project focuses on heartbreak, break-ups and moving on. But they aren’t all smooth, cool ballads, the trio delivers on the high-energy, heart-pounding, folksy tracks that secured them as a Billboard “Chartbreaker” and the coveted honour of being named a “New Face” at the 2020 Country Radio Seminar. The rock-n-roll western sound of Runaway June’s girl-power song catalogue brilliantly dazzles in the [...]