Rich O'Toole released, one month ago, on November 21th, his new album, "God is A Gentleman", via PTO Records, produced by Taylor Tatsch. As we can suppose, seeing the artist's Mom on the album cover, it's a very personal LP, wonderfully written, with a lot of relatable songs about love, despair, religion, and life in... Continue Reading →
Country Music France’s 2025 Top 10 EP’s
I'm starting, with this post, the recap of 2025. As always, you'll have a Top Albums, a Top Songs, a post about Country Music France's Artist of the year and a novelty, this year : a Top Live albums. But for the moment, let's start with another important category: the EP's. Since I created this... Continue Reading →
Song review – Dustin Brown’s “Ballerina”
After his brilliant self-titled album, released earlier this year, and reviewed on this blog here, Dustin Brown released a new single, today, named "Ballerina", via New Usual Records. Produced by Ben Hussey, who also coproduced Dustin Brown's self-titled album, this single was cowritten by Dustin Brown and Billy Hartman and features both artists, along with... Continue Reading →
Album review – Leon Majcen’s “Making a Livin’ (Not a Killin’)”
Leon Majcen released his new album, "Making a Livin' (not a killin')" on October 17th, via Cloverdale records, some months after "Better Days", released earlier this year, and one year after his self-titled album, that was reviewed here on this blog. With this new record, brilliantly produced by Patrick Lyons, Leon Majcen keeps on increasing... Continue Reading →
Album review – Red Dirt Rangers’ “Red Dirt Town”
The legendary band from Oklahoma Red Dirt Rangers released their new album, "Red Dirt Town", on October 10th, produced by Jared Tyler, seven years after their last record, "Blue Door Nights". This is the 11th album of a band that has been spreading red dirt music since 1988. And after 37 years of existence, their... Continue Reading →
Album review – Joe Stamm Band’s “Little Crosses”
Joe Stamm Band released last month, on July 11th, one of the most awaited albums of the year, "Little Crosses", two years after the acclaimed "Wild Man" (that I reviewed there). Produced by AI Torrence, who works as guitarist for The Allegheny High, Charles Wesley Godwin's band, and recorded at Music Garden Studios, New Brighton,... Continue Reading →
Album review – Kathryn Legendre’s “Here’s your Honky Tonk”
Five years after her wonderful EP "Making It Up" (you can read my review here), native Texan artist Kathryn Legendre released her new LP, "Here's your Honky Tonk", on June 27th. This album, recorded at Signal Hill Studio in Austin, Tx, was produced by Kathryn Legendre, Brian Broussard, drummer Patrick Herzfeld and bassist Will Walden.... Continue Reading →
Album review – Sam Stoane’s “Tales of the Dark West”
California native artist Sam Stoane released her debut album, "Tales of the Dark West", on May 23th, via Cloverdale Records. It was produced by Patrick Lyons, who is well-known for his work with Colter Wall, Vincent Neil Emerson, Noeline Hofmann or Josh Meloy. "Tales of the Dark West" is an authentic western style album, full... Continue Reading →
Album review – Kat Hasty’s “The Time of your Life”
Kat Hasty released on May 16th her awaited album, "The Time of your Life", four years after her first record, "Drowning in Dreams". If her debut was stripped-down and acoustic, the new LP is a full band work with great instrumentation and continual energy. What doesn't change, though, is the quality of the songwriting and... Continue Reading →
Album review – Dustin Brown’s self-titled LP
Dustin Brown is a Texan artist from Moody, Texas. He released his third LP, a self-titled album, via Smith Music Group, on March 28th. Coproduced with Ben Hussey, its 10 songs were all written by Dustin Brown. Writing songs since the age of 12, the Texan artist is a talented songwriter whose heroes are Blaze... Continue Reading →