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…
INTERVIEW: Talking Garage Rock With Sour Ops
Price Harrison of Nashville’s Sour Ops has seen it all: growing up in Murfreesboro and attending Vanderbilt in the ’80s before heading to New York, he’s been steeped in garage rock since day one. With the band’s new album X,…