country rock
Album Review: Whitney K –’Bubble’ : Hard-won songs ringing with indie pop sharpness and country rock twang.
Canadian singer-songwriter Konner Whitney aka Whitney K is keeping that hardcore troubadour tradition alive and still kicking up the rubble. After releasing three mighty slices of his raw, country rock poeticism for Bologna’s Maple Death Records (the indispensable ‘Two Years’, the hypnotic ‘Hard To Be A God’ and the raucous ‘Viva!’) he’s now jumped into …
Track/Video: Montreal minstrel poet Whitney K previews anticipated new album ‘Bubble’ with the warm, waltzing ‘Jolene’.
Modern day troubadour, Canadian singer-songwriter Konner Whitney aka Whitney K is on the move. After releasing three mighty slices of his raw, country rock poeticism for Bologna’s Maple Death Records, the indispensable ‘Two Years’, the hypnotic ‘Hard To Be A God’ and the raucous ‘Viva!’, he’s now hopped on board the mighty Fire label’s roster. …
Live Review: Shania Twain – AO Arena, Manchester 25/09/23
Photo Credit: Ian McDonnell (Dublin show) Words by Dale Unsworth After months of waiting, the day had finally come for everyone to don their cowboy hats and boots and begin their pilgrimage to the most sacred of events in the calendars of drunk white women and members of the LGBTQ+ everywhere: Shania Twain’s Queen of …
Live Review: Shania Twain / Breland – 3Arena, Dublin 19.09.2023, plus Gallery and setlist
Stetsons and cowboy boots were the order of the day as global superstar Shania Twain roared into Dublin on her big steel stallion, for her worldwide ‘Queen of Me’ tour at 3Arena. As the stage time ticked, with anticipation at its highest with all eyes (and inevitably, phones) glued to the stage, she pulled off …
Live Review: Aly and AJ – Crystal Ballroom – Portland, Oregon – 01.04.2023
By Anthony Moore Aly and AJ are currently out on tour with Miya Folick in support of their most recent album “With Love From”. I was in attendance for the second stop of their U.S. tour at The Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon. Aly and AJ are sister duo that blend a sound of pop, …
Live Review: Chris Shiflett – Whelan’s, Dublin 21.03,2023
Words & Photos David McEneaney As if being the lead guitarist for one of the biggest and most loved rock bands in the world wasn’t enough, Chris Shiflett is a hell of a lot more than that as well.He has played in various bands since the late 90s, joining the Foo Fighters in 2002 but …
See: Casper Skulls join hands for the evocative, mysterious roots rock of ‘Ouija’
WITH their first album since 2017’s The Mercy Works out yesterday, Casper Skulls have shared a video for the mysterious and evocative roots rock of “Ouija”, which sees them connect to the infinite in well-wrought melody, A slight step away from the tenebrous and thundery aesthetic of their previous work, and finding some common sonic …
Track: The Mother Hips bring country-rock warmth to the gas station discovery, ‘I Don’t Want To Drive You Away’ and announce tour dates
NIGH on thirty years now into their recording career – yep, Back To The Grotto came out waay back now, in ’92 – California’s country rockers The Mother Hips have just released their first cover in that entire ten, soon-to-be 11-album canon. It’s here for you now; it also features on the new set, Glowing …
News: Nordic country singer Louien will release an EP in June; hear a first track, ‘Better Woman’
LOUIEN we touched base with just a matter of days back, in an ensemble sense, when she lined up alongside Siv Jakobsen and The Northern Belle for the Nordicana loveliness of “No Rush”, bringing three-part harmonies to a chiming beauty of a tune reminding us to take care of each other. Now Miranda Solberg (for …
Not Forgotten: Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Ragged Glory
It had been a long time coming. Neil Young had last reached one of his irregular artistic peaks in 1979 with Rust Never Sleeps, but throughout the next decade he seemed to go into free-fall, until he recorded the Eldorado EP which stopped the rot and followed it up with the fair to middling Freedom. …