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Blabber’n'smoke- Slaid Cleaves. Still Fighting The War June 19, 2013Back in July 2011 we reviewed Rod Picott’s fine album Welding Burns so it was a nice surprise to see that Slaid Cleaves revisits two of the best songs on that album (which he co-wrote with Picott) on his latest effort. We tagged Picott as a “blue collar” songwriter back then and Cleaves backs this […]Paul Kerr
- Thriftstore Masterpiece presents Lee Hazlewood’s Trouble Is A Lonely Town. SideOneDummy Records June 17, 2013Regular readers will know that at Blabber’n'Smoke we’re suckers for good old fashioned, dust blown, gulch dry twangy Americana. Throw in some mariachi horns and we’re salivating. Maybe it stems from formative years and time spent watching cowboys and Indians on the screen while John Wayne ruled the roost as far as my old man […]Paul Kerr
- The Danberrys June 14, 2013The first thing to strike one about this Tennessee quintet is the source of their name. Led by married couple Dorothy Daniel and Ben DeBerry they amalgamated their surnames to baptise the band. The second and more important note is how good they are. The opening song of this album, Here We Go Round would […]Paul Kerr
- Diana Jones. Museum of Appalachia Recordings. Proper Records. June 12, 2013When I reviewed Diana Jones‘ previous album, High Atmosphere I said it simultaneously sounded sixty years old and contemporary. Her careworn voice and superb ability to author heartbreaking tales of hardship and woe had a deep affinity to pre-war country recordings while the delivery by a stellar bunch of musicians led by producer Ketch Secor […]Paul Kerr
- The O’s June 9, 2013Bit late in mentioning this as several of the gigs have been and happened but Texas twosome The O’s are hurtling around Scotland right now and there’s word of an album coming out on the Electric Honey label. Remaining dates are below and their website is here June 12 – Aberdeen, SCOT – Cafe Drummond […]Paul Kerr
- Hillfolk Noir. What’s That Hat For?/ Travis Ward. Jump Ups & Jollities June 5, 2013Blabber’n'Smoke’s favourite junkerdash (psychedelic swamp-shack rags) band Hillfolk Noir attack the UK on three fronts this month with these two releases and a tour that commences today and which packs in 18 shows in 19 days including a sweep through Scotland. Perhaps the finest proponents of old time jugband, folk and blues songs around these […]Paul Kerr
- I See Hawks In LA. Mystery Drug. Blue Rose Records June 3, 2013While there’s no shortage of contemporary Americana bands, duos and solo artists digging into the roots of folk, blues, bluegrass, old time, ragtime and whatever its apparent that there’s a thirst for the first blossoming of what was then called “country rock” with hardly an issue of Mojo or Uncut featuring Gram Parsons, The Byrds […]Paul Kerr
- Kete Bowers White River Road/Ghosts single release May 21, 2013Liverpudlian Kete Bowers delivered a fine album with his 2011 release Road which featured the great BJ Cole on pedal steel. Introduced to American music by his Scottish grandmother who played Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jim Reeves and Jerry Lewis on the family turntable he turned in a set of wearied songs that […]Paul Kerr
- Tiny Television. Just This Side of Everything. May 21, 2013San Francisco based Tiny Television released their fine debut, Mission Statement, back in 2009. A dusty Dobro driven slice of classic Americana its weathered well and still gets played in the Blabber’n'Smoke habitat. Four years down the line and one successful Kickstarter campaign later Just This Side of Everything crawls into the light of day […]Paul Kerr
- Charlie Parr. Barnswallow. Tin Angel Records May 14, 2013Most folk probably think of Appalachian mountains and woods or fetid Southern climes when it comes to the rootsiest Americana music. Charlie Parr, who comes across as a dyed in the wool backwoodsman reminds us that the frozen north, home of strip mining and decaying industrial landscapes has its own history. Duluth, Minnesota is his […]Paul Kerr
- Slaid Cleaves. Still Fighting The War June 19, 2013
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