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 →

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 →

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 →

Tony Logue released his fourth studio album on February 21th, "Dark Horse", almost seven years after his debut "Serpents and Saviors" and three years after the acclaimed "Jericho". Produced by Sean Sullivan, it was recorded at the Tractor Shed Studio in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Backed by his band, The 184, Tony Logue's new LP is an... Continue Reading →

Anna Wescoat, a Havana, Florida, native artist, released her debut album, "World Famous", on October 18th. Recorded at Riverfront Studios, in Nashville, it was produced by Ben Jarrell, who also cowrote several songs. If you love traditional country music, with excellent instrumentation and brilliant songwriting, this album is undoubtedly made for you. "Heartache Home Etc"... Continue Reading →

Rich O' Toole released his 8th studio album, "Ghost", on June 21st, four years after the brilliant "New York" (reviewed here on this blog). The 12 songs of this record were written or cowritten by the Houston native artist. "Need You To Stay", cowritten with the brilliant Texan artist Jade Marie Patek, is a splendid... Continue Reading →

Country music is, firstly, quality storytelling. Instrumentation is important, particularly pedal steel and fiddle, but what makes a great and relatable country song is, primarily, songwriting. Leon Majcen is an artist who grew up, from a young age, listening to Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and John Prine. He knows about the importance of the... Continue Reading →

Ellis Bullard released his sophomore album, "Honky Tonk Ain't Noise Pollution", via Feels So Good Records, on February 9th. Two years after his acclaimed debut "Piss-Hot Freightlining Country Music", this new LP is an unmissable record for honky tonk and real country lovers. Each and every song present on this album is a gem, starting... Continue Reading →

Duke Oursler is a Kansas native singer and songwriter, who now lives in Macomb, Western Illinois. His new studio album, "He Shot More Than Birds", released on January 19th, via the Farm Way Records, that he coproduced with Mike Himebaugh, is a country rock LP with excellent storytelling about the life in midwestern little towns... Continue Reading →