Almost three years ago, the Texan artist from Odessa Creed Fisher released the excellent album "Life of a Workin' Man", and my review of this LP was one of the first that I wrote on this blog, on January 14th 2019. You can read it here. The prolific artist kept on writing and releasing great... Continue Reading →
Album review – Herrick’s “Sunderland Road”
Herrick is a Nashville-based husband and wife duo from Spokane, Washington. They released, last September, their third studio album, named "Sunderland Road", five year after "Cottonfields" (released on April of 2016 and nine years after their debut LP "New Dance" (released on April of 2012). One week after the release, the band received the "Entertainer... Continue Reading →
Debut album review – Nate Fredrick’s “Different Shade of Blue”
Those who say that there's no real country music today should listen to "Different Shade Of Blue", the debut album of Nate Fredrick, and they'll surely change their mind. Nate Fredrick is an artist from Springfield, Missouri, who lives in Nashville since 2015. His first LP, released on February 26th, 2021, was recorded at Farmland... Continue Reading →
Album review – Jamie Richards’ “The Real Deal”
Jamie Richards released his seventh album on Friday January 22d, four years after his last LP, "Latest and Greatest". Its twelve songs will be perfect for you if you love traditional and authentic country music. The Shawney, Oklahoma, native artist is an excellent songwriter, whose songs were recorded by a lot of great country artists.... Continue Reading →
Album review – Rich O’ Toole’s “New York”
Rich O' Toole released on June 26th his 7th studio album, named "New York", by way of Average Joe's Entertainment and its imprint Buffalo Roam Records, three years after "American Kid", his previous LP. The Houston native artist wrote all songs, except "Coke", a great Flickerstick's song that he sings with Brandin Lea, lead singer... Continue Reading →
Album review – Donovan Howard’s “Time”
Donovan Howard is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in a small town of South-East Kentucky. After performing in several bands, he began a solo career and released two LP albums in 2018, "Made in the USA" and "This Old Guitar & Me" and a great single, "Sinner & Saint", in 2019. Two years after... Continue Reading →
Album review – American Aquarium’s “Lamentations”
It's finally released! "Lamentations", the brand new album of American Aquarium, so awaited, is finally here. Two years after the excellent "Things Change", that Country Music France had ranked #4 in its 2018 Top 10 albums, and fifteen years after the debut album of the band, "Antique Hearts", we have a new LP from the... Continue Reading →
Album review – Johnny Falstaff’s “Lost in The City Lights”
"Lost in the city lights", the new album of Johnny Falstaff, was released on February 28th. It's the 8th album of the Texan artist, six years after his last one, "Metro Billy". Six years is a long time, but it was worth the wait: the new album, a bunch of honky tonk songs, is awesome!... Continue Reading →
Album Review – Robynn Shayne’s “Let’s get this show on the road”
Reading that musical streaming is decreasing since the beginning of Covid-19 crisis is quite a suprise. We could think that people who love music would stream more songs and albums than ever, to counterbalance the cancelation of gigs and live events. We could also think that being in quarantine and not going to work would... Continue Reading →
Album review – Drew Fish Band’s “Wishful Drinkin'”
February 7th. Just one month ago. But it seems an eternity. It was the day that Drew Fish Band released its LP album, "Wishful Drinkin'". Listening to it, today, is remembering what we have presently lost: a form of frivolity, the simple pleasure of sharing drinks with our friends in a bar, the greatness of... Continue Reading →