Tift Merritt’s New Album Stitch of the World – Mesmerising and Powerful
Read our review of Tift Merritt’s New Album ‘Stitch of the World’ Tift Merritt – Stitch of the World Yep Roc Records Out Now Originally published on addictedtonoise.com.au By Rob Dickens Tift Merritt’s new album Stitch of the World (Yep Roc Records) is her sixth studio release and follows the acclaimed Traveling Alone (2012). Since that earlier release, the Grammy and Americana Award-nominated Merritt...
Tony Joe White’s Rain Crow
Read our review of Rain Crow the new album from Tony Joe White Originally published on addictedtonoise.com.au He’s 72. He’s released around sixteen studio albums since his debut (Black and White) in 1969. His two biggest hits ‘Polk Salad Annie’ and ‘Rainy Night in Georgia’ were penned about that time (reportedly written in the same week!!) and there have been so many covers of those songs, I would imagine that there’s been a steady...
Magical and Mystical
Read our review of In The Magical Hour by Aoife O’Donovan Aoife O’Donovan Releases In The Magic Hour 22 January 2016 Yep Roc Records Aoife* O’Donovan is Boston-raised and with Irish heritage. Her second album In The Magic Hour will be out January 22 2016 on Yep Roc Records. O’Donovan has been lead singer of the progressive string band Crooked Still, was a featured vocalist on “The Goat Rodeo Sessions,” the...
Chris Stamey’s Euphoria – A Review
Read our review of Euphoria the new release from Chris Stamey Chris Stamey New Release Out May 29 2015 – Euphoria Chris Stamey has an impressive background. A key member of power pop outfits Sneakers and The dB’s, producer (at Modern Recording, the studio he’s operated for the past two decades) and collaborator with the likes of Michael Stipe, Yo La Tengo, Ryan Adams, Matthew Sweet, Marshall Crenshaw, Alejandro Escovedo, Flat...
Mandolin Orange – Such Jubilee
Read our review of Such Jubilee by Mandolin Orange North Carolina duo Mandolin Orange (Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz) have today (May 5 2015) released Such Jubilee on Yep Roc Records. The new album follows the duo’s 2013 well-regarded debut release This Side of Jordan, which was named one of National Public Radio’s Top 10 Folk and Americana Albums. Such Jubilee was written over the course of a year spent on the road. ...