Dougmore — Outerboros
Dougmore has been making a splash on the scene with feature pieces on No Depression and American Songwriter. He’s a member of newgrass darling Cricket Tell the Weather. But to me, he’s just Doug Goldstein, the guy I set next…
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Mink’s Miracle Medicine — House of Candles
Mink’s Miracle Medicine downright dazzled me the first time around. I’ve thought about them pretty often since — chilling in Harper’s Ferry in an old camper, sipping moonshine and watching John Brown’s failed raid. Seems like a pretty sweet life.…
Charles Ellsworth — Cesaréa
It just goes to show what a great producer can do. I’ve given Charles Ellsworth a bump before, but his newest album, Cesaréa, is a leap and a bound above the songs I heard last year. Ellsworth ditched SLC for…
An American Forrest — Rosas y Mesteños
With all due respect to everyone I’ve been writing about lately, it’s been a long time since an artist has reached out to me directly whose music is so stunning that I have a visceral response to it. Rosas y…
tricot — 3
I don’t have too many opportunities to use Japanese stateside, so I hope you won’t mind my getting a little pedantic. While the band is referred to as tricot in its US marketing materials (so I used it in the…