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Rose Cousins Comes To A Perfect Conclusion

Rose Cousins Comes To A Perfect Conclusion

Musically, my 2017 has started the way that last year ended. Beguiled by a golden voice. In this case, the sumptuous vocals belong to, one, Rose Cousins. She's Canadian. A native of Prince Edward Island who now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Natural Conclusion will be in fact

Kaia Kater: A New Voice For Our Troubled Times

Kaia Kater: A New Voice For Our Troubled Times

It is stripped back and measured, but Kaia Kater has a lot to say. Her new (and second) album Nine Pin (via Kingswood Records) delves into issues faced by African-Americans today and reflects on her own heritage duality. Born of African-Caribbean descent in Québec, she has deep ties both to

Joe Ely Gets Personal

Texas singer/songwriting troubadour Joe Ely has been a significant force in the alternative country scene for decades. Ely was born in Amarillo and followed his family to Lubbock, both in the northern-most region of Texas referred to as The Panhandle. This region is known for its flat, dry and

Frazey Ford - Indian Ocean

Frazey Ford - Indian Ocean

Up until now, Canadian-born Frazey Ford is best known for her work as a member of the Vancouver trio The Be Good Tanyas. Indian Ocean (2015 – Nettwerk) is her second solo outing, the first being Obadiah, which was released in 2010. Indian Ocean reflects a good deal of feeling. Take

The Crooked Road - Virginia's Music Heritage Trail

The mountains of the Southern Appalachia have long been recognised as a breeding ground for traditional music. The earliest settlers brought their instruments and musical traditions, which were fused together to form country, blues, folk, and other styles of American popular music. The Crooked Road is Virginia’s Heritage Music

Another Day Another Time - Celebrating The Music Of Inside Llewyn Davis

I am starting to become super producer T Bone Burnett's biggest fan. The last three new albums that I have come across - The Phosphorescent Blues by Punch Brothers, Rhiannon Gidden’s Tomorrow Is My Turn and the subject release of this article – have all been produced (in