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...
Albums Of The Month – May 2023
Our Top Six Releases May 23 Slaid Cleaves – Photo: Yvette Foster Photography Top Six Releases May 2023 Our Top Six Releases May 23 By Rob Dickens Annie Bartholomew Sisters Of The White Chapel Independent 16 June 2023 Alaskan folksinger Annie Bartholomew became fascinated by the stories of sex workers during the 19th century after touring a brothel museum in the south east of that State. She wanted to bring attention to the...
Albums Of The Month – March 2023
Our Top Six Releases Mar 23 Sunny War – Photo: LTTL Top Six Releases March 2023 Our Top Six Releases Mar 23 By Rob Dickens Cinder Well Cadence Free Dirt Records 21 April 2022 Cinder Well is Amelia Baker’s experimental folk project. To these ears, Baker’s voice is outrageously captivating, moody and evocative beyond the pale. When set against sparse and forceful string arrangements, it is overwhelming. Cadence is still a...
Albums Of The Month – February 2023
Our Top Six Releases Feb 23 Mighty Poplar – Photo: Brian Carroll Top Six Releases February 2023 Our Top Six Releases Feb 23 By Rob Dickens Cody Christian Canary In A Coal Mine Independent 5 August 2022 Cody Christian gave up his job as a shipbuilder after eight years, declaring to his colleagues that he wanted an occupation where “my beard would be valued”. According to the bio on his website: “He’s been...
Grammy Awards 2023 – Roots Music Winners
Grammy Award Winners 2023 Molly Tuttle – Photo: LTTL Grammy Awards 2023 Winners Announced Roots Music Categories Listed The winners of the Grammy Awards 2023 have just been announced. There were ninety-one award categories (!) presented Sunday 5 February in Los Angeles. We’ve screened the list to identify roots music that aligns with the genres we follow here on Listening Through The Lens. And here are the recipients in...
Albums Of The Month – January 2023
Our Top Six Releases Jan 23 Three of The Humbuckin’ Pickups – Photo: LTTL Top Six Releases January 2023 Our Top Six Releases Jan 23 By Rob Dickens Benjamin Dakota Rogers Paint Horse Independent 17 February 2023 A remarkable new presence. The media release describes his voice as ‘unvarnished’ and, yeah, I’ll buy that. Acoustic videos of songs from this collection “John Came Home” (clip below)...
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