INTERVIEW: Dan Whitaker Reshapes the Past on One More Story Told
Singer-songwriter Dan Whitaker’s music defies easy assumptions, moving from dark ballads to intricate country jazz instrumentals to character-driven stories set on the road and in honky-tonks. Since the mid-‘80s he has created independent original music in Chicago and the Midwest…
Forest Grove Outlaws Give It Their All on “Damned Life”
Forest Grove Outlaws, a self-described scuzz rock band out of the Pacific Northwest, probably has more to owe to Americana. But, like, the down-and-dirty kind of Americana that made me want to start this blog ten years ago. On “Damned…
INTERVIEW: There’s Only One Thing Dominique Pruitt Would Kill For
Born into a musical legacy — her father Larry Brown once played in The Association and Smothers Brothers before joining Engelbert Humperdinck in the ‘80s, and mother Anne-Marie Brown sang with The Babys and Jon Waite — Dominique Pruitt is charting a…
Queen Bonobo Faces the Music — And Channels It Into Hers
Maya Goldblum, (a.k.a. Queen Bonobo) is a North Idaho native whose primary goal in relocating to Ireland in 2016 was to study the music of her ancestral roots. She lived abroad for three years, all of which lent to the creation…
A.M. Rodriguez: Former City Rat, Current Country Mouse — All Country Punk
A.M. Rodriguez is a singer-songwriter currently based in rural Georgia, USA, where he farms with his wife. He plays a mix of folk, country, and Piedmont-blues and is known for intense live performances, poetic and lyrical story-songs, and a right…