What do you get when you throw a bunch of jazz musicians into a jam session at New York’s famed the Bitter End? Well, some country rock, of course. That’s how New York-based band Saddlemen coalesced around a shared love…
Over the past few months, I’ve been struck by Grover Anderson‘s creativity. Between the blog and the podcast, I’ve introduced you to a few of his songs — and none of them sound the same. Anderson’s interested in telling the…
It’s not often that an artists takes 46 years between albums — let alone tours extensively to support it. But when Lavender Country, the first known recorded queer country band, was rediscovered in 2014 by Paradise of Bachelors records, it…
Don’t let anyone tell you that rockabilly is dead. And definitely don’t tell Johnny Ray, a man of many monikers. You may know him as Matchstick Johnny or Johnny Matchstick or Johnny the Matchstick Man. Hailing from Loxahatchee, Florida, Johnny’s…
Hello. I bet you woke up today and wondered if you could ever make a guiro (I had to look up the name) solo sound good with a country vibe. I am here to tell you that Zach Jones has…