Country

See: Jade Jackson – ‘6FT Changes’: a Californian country lament for the disconnect of social distancing
JADE JACKSON, the husky-voiced country singer-songwriter who’s been making waves with her particular caress of the country form since Gilded, her 2017 debut for ANTI-, has dropped a softly haunting new tune looking at the socially distancing rules that keep us from the intimacy of touch. With a delicate hush she sings: “Six feet changes …

Track: Rianne Downey – ‘Stand My Ground’; Scottish country riser keeps both feet firmly planted
COMING armed with a clutch of proper old-skool, downhome country tunesmithery from the east of Glasgow, Rianne Downey is singing proud and strong on what’s only her second single drop, “Stand My Ground”, the proper rootsy pop inflections of which you can hear below. It’s as if our very own Dolly P had got her …

Track and Album News: New Morning Blues announces debut album and single
New Morning Blues is a new folk collaborative project from wife and husband Joanna Backovic and Ian de Sylva. They’ve just released their first single, A Face in the Mirror, and you can get it here. They’ve also announced their debut album – London – which is out on 5th June. They create a beguiling and …

Track: Corinne Cook – Turning Off The World
Nashville-based Californian native, Corinne Cook, has just released light-hearted country single “Turning Off The World“, from her “Dressed Up For Goodbye” album. I think everyone at some point wishes they had the ability to press a virtual pause or mute button to just stop the noise and nonsense around them and get a rest from …

Track: Anne Reburn – ‘Everywhere And Nowhere’: a sweet country-folk sentiment homespun for you
COMIN’ atcha from the state that likes to think of itself as The Native America, Oklahoma, Anne Reburn grew up singing, dancing and playing the piano from a young age. Her music is filled with the verve and excitement that comes from such an early joy, never lost. Her latest single drop, “Everywhere And Nowhere” …

SEE: Tele Novella – ‘Never’: a sweet song of loss and yearning with Super 8 footage
TEXAS TWOSOME Tele Novella, who memorably describe themselves on Twitter as “coin-operated medieval pop songs through a 1950s western lens” (and that’s totally on the money) have today released a third track and accompanying romantic Super 8 film from their forthcoming February album, Merlynn Belle. We’ve taken in both of the two preceding singles: the …

EP: Jeremy D’Antonio – Spinnin’ Wheels
Out now is the debut solo release from former Tiny Television and San Geronimo man Jeremy D’Antonio, Spinnin’ Wheels. He’s accompanied by musicians from the Buck Owens band (and ended up playing with Merle Haggard) which, according to Jeremy, “came to fruition because of studio owner John Macy and has been in the country music …

SEE: Emma Swift’s gorgeous ‘Queen Jane Approximately’
AUSTRALIAN chanteuse, Nashville resident and partner of Robyn Hitchcock, Emma Swift has saddled up to ride into your hearts with the video for her cover of Dylan’s “Queen Jane Approximately.” Hell, it’s beautiful. She takes it for a deep spin towards Gene Clark country, and lays it down as a chiming weary tune, with 12-strings …

SEE: Imogen Clark’s ‘My Own Worst Enemy’ is country-rock empowerment
OUTTA the mountains of New South Wales, Imogen Clark has released a video for “My Own Worst Enemy”, the second track to be culled from her upcoming six-tracker The Making of Me, which is set for an August 21st release. Written with Australian indie star Alex Lahey, “My Own Worst Enemy” is a country-inflected, widescreen, …

NEWS: Margo Price’s third gets July date: watch a taster
JULY 10th will finally see Margo Price’s hotly anticipated third studio album, That’s How Rumors Get Started, hit the shelves. With its original release date of May 8th trashed by the escalating disease crisis – and indeed, the album is still showing with that release date at some places online – the 27-year-old Illinoisan admits …