Americana

New Arrivals

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    Johnny on the Rise
     
    Down South
    An amalgam of sound - nostalgic americana driven by simple guitar sounds, highlighted by well-crafted references to their influences of blues, folk, and rock, accented with harmonica and mandolin.
    Rock: Americana
     
     
    Tipphillbillies
     
    Lucky
    Influenced by great American songwriters from Robbie Robertson, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Hank Williams to Jeff Tweedy, The Jayhawks, Steve Earle, and many others, these songs paint a picture of life in New York from the country to the big city
    Rock: Americana
     
     
    Roy Davis
     
    Grey Town
    "[Roy Davis']new album longs for the small towns, high school sweethearts, and the slow, sweet, disappearing lifestyle of rural America.a moody look at the lows of a love gone wrong, and has just enough country twang to satisfy the Nashville indie-crowd."
    Rock: Americana
     
     
    The Avalon Parade
     
    Raindrops or Visiting Old Friends in Dreams
    Beautiful Irish Folk Music, if you like Damien Rice you will love Avalon Parade
    Rock: Americana
     
     
    Tony Luke Jr
     
    The Cheese Steak Anthem
    A tribute to the great American Sandwich The Cheese Steak
    Rock: Americana
     
     
    Bodeco
     
    Crazy Wild
    If the Stones and the Cramps had a bastard child, it would be Bodeco, and Bo Diddley would be the long-lost grandpa. With this kind of lineage, Crazy Wild is rock'n'roll at its best.
    Rock: Americana
     
     
    Troy Campbell
     
    American Breakdown
    On American Breakdown, Campbell teams with producer/guitarist Gurf Morlix, renowned for his work with Lucinda Williams and other roots-rock luminaries, to craft the sort of melodic, emotionally direct, heart-stirring music.
    Rock: Americana
     
     
    Nyko Morgan
     
    Purple Nights
    Atmospheric live recording of stirring, beautiful songs and sounds the listener can negotiate the way they will.
    Rock: Americana
     
     
    Influence Pedlars
     
    Small & Fancy
    Debut album for the new folk-rock duo, showcasing their songwriting and catchy arrangements.
    Rock: Americana
     
     
    Miller-Kelton
     
    Goodbye Cindy
    Midwestern folklore blends to politics and despair, summer rolls forever and American boys return home. The seaside Chautauqua folds up for the season, Cindy's gone, and we offer our last poem for a Senator, a man without a country.
    Rock: Americana
     
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    Top Albums

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    Hail The Size
    I Can't Die In LA
    "Now that's a good record." Steve Earle, Air America Radio. Americana Rock featuring Maria McKee.
    UK's BEAT SURRENDER writes: Hail The Size are LA based Charles Ezell and Matt North, who enlisted a "small cast of local friends and musicians" and the vocal and piano talents of Maria McKee, the former lead singer of Lone Justice who duets on three tracks and added piano to seven of the albums ten listed tracks, all the songs are originals mixing clever lyrics, dark humour and some healthy cynicism - wrapping them up in Ezell's convincing vocal. The album opens with the title track I Can't Die in LA a lament to the hopes and aspirations of LA's bright lights, "dreams don't come true, nothing happens to you", followed by the up-beat Crazy Girl - we all know one (or two) don't we? "you like drinking, you like sex, Jerry-Lee Lewis and suicide attempts". Maria McKee add's her not inconsiderable talents to my favourite two tracks on the album - a melancholic ballad Drift Away and the "anthem for lovesick underdogs" a ballad called Right Now, "I need laughter most of all, crying I do on my own". Booze, Pills and Her is a roots-rock romp with more than a hint of Hayes Carll and although my knowledge of the technicalities of American Football is somewhat lacking I know just where they are coming from in Hail Mary - a football ballad. The ten tracks listed add up to a more than solid effort, there are a couple of hidden "bonus" tracks on the album the first Hot Mom is out of place to my mind and the album winds up with I'm Not Listening - but you really should, Steve Earle on Air America Radio agreed commenting "Now that's a good record."
    Rock: Americana
     
    Matthew Price
    Stranded
    Rock: Americana
     
    Joe Purdy
    Only Four Seasons
    Rock: Americana
     
    Joe Pug
    Nation of Heat EP
    Rock: Americana
     
    Ted Wulfers
    What Would Santa Do?
    Rock: Americana
     

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      Top Songs

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      1.
      Casual Girl
      Lorenza Ponce
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      2.
      Silver Bells
      Whosehouse
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      3.
      Bolder Than Paradise
      Shannon McNally
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      Once Upon A Time
      The Paper Stars
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      5.
      Standin' in the Rain
      Robbin Thompson
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      Water From the Moon
      Robbin Thompson
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      Positively 4th Street
      Shannon McNally
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      Lonesome, Ornery and Mean
      Shannon McNally
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      Lovely
      Shannon McNally
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      10.
      Bohemian Wedding Song
      Shannon McNally
      Rock: Americana