Albums Of The Month – September 2023
Our Top Six Albums September 23 Jason Eady – Photo: LTTL Top Six Album Releases September 2023 Our Top Six Albums September 23 By Rob Dickens Darrell Scott String Band Old Cane Back Rocker HERE Records/Soundly Music 11 August 2023 Another prized entry in the Darrell Scott journal. Never one to forget critical traditions, Scott turns in a dynamic collection steeped in bluegrass and New Grass this time around. Scott plays guitar,...
Gregory Alan Isakov’s ‘Appaloosa Bones’ – A Sublime, Eloquent Masterclass + Australian Tour 2024
Gregory Alan Isakov Reviewed Plus Australian Tour Gregory Alan Isakov – photo LTTL ‘Appaloosa Bones’ by Gregory Alan Isakov Out Now Another Triumph My first encounter with Gregory Alan Isakov was back in Arkansas in 2016 where he performed with The Colorado Symphony. It was a thought-provoking and ethereal experience that spawned an album together. Fast forward a little to 2018 and I caught three of his shows on the...
Albums Of The Month – August 2023
Our Top Six Albums August 23 Lucinda Willams – Photo: LTTL Top Six Album Releases August 2023 Our Top Six Albums August 23 By Rob Dickens Birds Of Play Birdsongs Of The American West Independent 25 August 2023 Birds of Play hail from Colorado…and obviously like a good pun. Birdsongs of the American West is their fourth album and demonstrates a wonderful craft, melding tight harmonies, compact...
Albums Of The Month – July 2023
Our Top Six Releases July 23 Jason Isbell with Amanda Shires – Photo: LTTL Top Six Releases July 2023 Our Top Six Releases July 23 By Rob Dickens Dan Tyminski God Fearing Heathen 8 Track Enterta 23 June 2023 The singing voice behind George Clooney in the movie O, Brother Where Art Thou? A pivotal member of one of the GREAT backing bands – Allison Krauss’s Union Station. An acclaimed decades-long solo career and...
Albums Of The Month – June 2023
Our Top Six Releases June 23 Logan Halstead – Photo: Allen Ralph Top Six Releases June 2023 Our Top Six Releases June 23 By Rob Dickens Ben De La Cour Sweet Anhedonia Jullian Records 14 April 2023 “Appalachian Book Of The Dead” is the album opener and immediately sets the scene, which permeates throughout this collection of eleven vivid, dark, mesmerising Gothic Americana stories. In addition, Ben De La Cour’s...
Eilen Jewell Keeps Her Hands On The Wheel
Eilen Jewell New Release Reviewed Eilen Jewell – Photo: LTTL Eilen Jewell’s New Album ‘Get Behind The Wheel’ Out Now Via Signature Sounds By Rob Dickens It was indeed fortuitous for us at Listening Through The Lens that we were party to Eilen Jewell’s live set at the Port Fairy Folk Festival just seven weeks back (READ OUR FESTIVAL REVIEW). As you would expect, she would be keen to showcase at least a...