Another 2021 find for me is Anika. While I was not familiar with her, she is a British/German political journalist turned musician whose debut disc came out in 2011 and was championed by Portishead.

It’s not that she disappeared for a decade, she’s been a DJ, collaborated with Tricky, ILIKETRAINS and Shackleton, and led the band Exploded View.

The ( Read more... )

I will follow up last weeks post with another pick from the youth movement- 22 year old Christone “Kingfish” Ingram who released his sophomore album “662” this year.

I don’t think my view on the Blues is much different than many Rock fans. I actually catch the local Blues Radio show quite a bit, and was lucky to see more than a few Blues live shows ( Read more... )

2021 has not been a banner year for music for me. Certainly not to the extent 2019 and 2020 were. Now that may be because of Covid or just my own experiences. But don’t let the memes fool you. There’s always good music being made, and if anything i am just forced out of my comfort zone.

Anyway on the search for new music, I discovered Ryan Glenn. ( Read more... )

I don’t think I can mention Olav Larsen without bringing up the cliche. At least, until he’s more well known. He is, as his name might suggest, African-Norwegian and he makes the most authentic Americana music. I mean, they are the Alabama Rodeo Stars.

Of course, a description like that isn’t going to get anyone to listen (at least repeatedly) if ( Read more... )

I wasn’t familiar with David Olney when he passed in January of last year.

Streaming services and internet certainly help fill out those blanks. I don’t think it’s an insult to say Olney was an under appreciated singer songwriter in a genre full of same.

Olney was a successful songwriter though and his style resembles his friends and peers who sang ( Read more... )

How would one describe the Buttertones- a band that is not easy to identify ( Read more... )

One of the artists that I have watched closely over the last 15 years is Matt Elliott. Pushed to describe him, I would say he certainly falls in a category of Nick Cave and Tom Waits in dramatic music, though perhaps closer to the Tinderstsicks, Piano Magic, and others who dabble in baroque pop, as well as more esoteric fare like Swans and Current ( Read more... )

Whyte Horses is a "band" and Hard Times is their third album ( Read more... )

Even as I turn into an old fuddy duddy, I still occasionally find new music ( Read more... )

Before I got distracted by Ezra Furman, I was really digging Ed Shrader's Music Beat ( Read more... )