Sound Cloud Sunday – March 4, 2018
Sound Cloud Sunday March 4, 2018
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The Young Novelists – City & Country
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Album: New single from the album “In City And Country” (out May 4 pre-order via band camp
Review Snippet: They have a touch of James Taylor and maybe a little bit of Fleetwood Mac. Their style is both engaging and relaxing.
Website: theyoungnovelists.com
Stables – Disagree
Hometown: London
Album: “Reverie” their 2nd album just released last week.
Review Snippet: ‘Ebullient, heartfelt alt-folk duo’
‘A cross between The Tallest Man on Earth, early Bon Iver and The Lumineers’
Website: http://www.stablesmusic.com/
Pearl Charles – Night Tides
Hometown: Los Angeles
Album: “Sleepless Dreamer” (her debut) available on Bandcamp
Next Time in LA: Sometime soon.
Review Snippet: Unlike her more wry contemporaries, there’s little pretense and few ulterior motives here—just a handful of pleasant tunes bolstered by a smooth, gently-twangy Southern California groove. The 70s touchstones are obvious, from Fleetwood Mac to Jackson Browne, and the songs go down easy with few curveballs, though the album doesn’t lack gently adventurous lyrical turns
Website: https://pearlcharlesmusic.bandcamp.com/
Hoot And Holler – Forever
Hometown: Asheville, NC via Boston
Album: “Reasons To Run” (self-released debut album about a year ago)
Review Snippet: Their tender harmonizing and songwriting comes across as simple, honest, and fresh to the ears. Described as the perfect cross section of soulful grit and polished technique, you can expect the full range of dynamics when performing traditional and original old time fiddle tunes, yet always pulsing with an impenetrable groove.
Website: https://www.hootandhollermusic.com/
Crucible Steel – Cheley Tackett
Hometown: Nashville via Springfield, Ohio
Album: “Buckeye” (released last November on National Road Records)
Review Snippet: I a remarkable vocalist….Imagine Allison Moorer’s blissfully soulful voice and you’ve got yourself a good comparison
Website: http://cheleytackett.com/
Eli Fox – Fine Toothed Comb
Hometown: Knoxville, TN
Album: “Tall Tales” (his 2nd album self released)
Review Snippet: Now, I am going to the very end of the limb. He’s still in high school and although he’s not yet the poet that the young man from Duluth, Minnesota was, Eli as an instrumentalist is beyond where Bobby D was when the great one broke onto the West Village scene.
Eli’s harmonica is more imaginative, and he pulls out of his stringed instruments—banjo, guitar, and mandolin—an array of traditions within each song: string band, folk, country blues, classic country, and bluegrass. His singing voice is still in its pre-whiskey phase—of course, may it age in a non-abusive fashion. Nonetheless, his voice is solid, at times dynamic, and always pleasant
Website: https://www.elifoxmusic.com/
Marie/Lepanto – Patient, Patient Man
Hometown: Austin and Arkansas
Album: “Ten Killer” (their debut released in January on Big Legal Mess Records)
Review Snippet: The haunting harmonies of opener “Patient Man” ushers in an album of beautiful laments and finely-etched narratives. Offering a darker more austere vision of Americana, the record moves between the widescreen majesty of the waltzing “High Desert,” the discordant guitar crunch of “Inverness” and the meditative melancholy of “Rest Be Mine” with a seamless grace
Website: http://www.marielepanto.com/
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Hollie Rogers – Sinner
Hometown: London
Album: “Body To Ground” ep (on Jolly Roger)
Review Snippet: Reminiscent of Carole King and Joni Mitchell says Nick Mason of Pink Floyd.
Website: https://www.hollierogers.com/
O&O – Some Days
Hometown: London via Colorado and Israel
Album: New single released independently
Review Snippet: The perfect blend of traditional/retro-pop country, Americana and Folk music with a fresh sound which is instrumentally brilliant.’
Website: http://www.oandoduo.com/
Szlatchetka – Until That Echo
Hometown: Nashville via Boston
Album: Debut album “Heart of My Hometown” out on February 16.
Review Snippet: A continental spin on 1970s California folk-rock, fronted by a songwriter whose guitar chops match his storytelling skill for fans of Jackson Browne, Dawes, Gold-era Ryan Adams.
Next Time In LA: Hotel Café May 9
Website: https://szlachetkamusic.com/
Some Are Lonely – Please
Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden
Album: “This Is What Remains” (released independently in December)
Review Snippet: Singer songwriter/Indie Pop/Electronica/Americana melted together to a lovely mess…
Website: It’s lovely they have a my space page – but start here https://www.facebook.com/somearelonely/
Graham Nicholas – Mountain Flower
Hometown: somewhere in Ontario, Canada
Album: “Dial Tones And Pretty Notes” (out last week his 2nd indy release)
Review Snippet: Graham Nicholas has created an emotionally resonant world inhabited by troubled and love hungry characters. Never alienated for their insecurities, his characters are instead respected by the empathetic voice of an honest songwriter.
“John Prine would be proud.”
Website: http://grahamnicholas.ca/
The Fortunate Ones – Northern Star/Bliss
Hometown: Newfoundland, St. John Canada
Album: Their new single just out is Northern Star, their new album Hold Fast is out May 25 on Old Farm Pony Records.
Review Snippet: The band is composed of singer/guitarist Andrew James O’Brien and singer/pianist/accordion player Catherine Allan. I was blown away by the fact that so much sound was made by just these two people. The sombreness of their music tore at my heart and made me reflect upon the lyrics.
Website: http://fortunateones.ca/
Allman Brown – Don’t Let Me Go
Hometown: London
Album: From the album “1000 Years”
Next Time In LA: March 10 at the Moroccan Lounge
Review Snippet:
Allman Brown sounds like: spending a restful evening indoors with loved ones sat around a roaring fireplace in the bitter-cold winter. With wine.
Website: http://www.allmanbrown.com/
