This year, I wrote reviews of country artists from Washington State (The Lowdown Drifters) or Rhode Island (Charlie Marie), far from the American South. Today, I want to tell you about another artist  from Dayton, Ohio. His name is Mack McKenzie and this year he released his second album, "Kill The Buffalo". If you like country... Continue Reading →

Welcome to Jennyville! Nashville native Jenny Tolman released last friday her debut album, the awaited "There Goes the Neighborhood". It's particularly brilliant and undoubtedly one of the most important releases of this summer. "High Class White Trash", the main single from the album, which was included in Country Music France's spring playlist, is an awesome... Continue Reading →

You think that country music always comes from the South? Then, you got it wrong! On April 19th, Charlie Marie released an amazing EP, one of the best releases of this year. Where is she from? Providence, Rhode Island. The same day, The Lowdown Drifters released an album named "Last call for dreamers". Listening to... Continue Reading →

Listening to Ben Jarrell's debut LP album, "Troubled Times", is like taking the DeLorean and time-travelling to this time where country music was born. The 10 songs included in this masterpiece of country music are revealing all the talent of this singer from South Alabama, now living in Nashville. Recorded at Southern Ground Studios, in... Continue Reading →

RJ Chesney released his third studio album, "Amateur Revolution", on April 5th. This new album is quite different from the two previous, particularly for the way it was produced. In 2015, the LA singer, with roots in the South (Macon, Georgia and Biloxi, Mississippi), met Hans Peter Gundersen, a Norwegian artist and producer who was... Continue Reading →

Hayes Carll released his sixth album, "What it is" on February 15th, on Nashville label "Dualtone Records". It was produced by Brad Jones, who had also been producer for Hayes Carll's "Trouble in mind" (2008) and "KMAG YOYO" (2011), and recorded in "Alex the Great" studio, in Nashville. Allison Moorer, Hayes Carll's fiancee, was also... Continue Reading →

May 2017. A Southern rock band from Nashville, "The Steel Woods" was releasing its first album, "Straw in the wind". Jason "Rowdy" Cope, guitarist and cofounder of the band, had worked with country artist Jamey Johnson. Canadian singer-songwriter Lindi Ortega was making a guest vocal appearance. One year and a half later, on January 18th,... Continue Reading →

Texan artist Creed Fisher released in December of 2018 his third album, "Life of a workin' man". Listening to it, in this early days of 2019, is an excellent choice for a country music lover. In the title song "Life of a workin' man", in which excellent pedal steel guitar is very present, West Texas... Continue Reading →

If you love Texas country music, John Thibodeaux's album "Moments like this" is undoubtedly made for you. Born in Louisiana but mostly raised in Texas, this artist is a very talented singer and songwriter. Each song of this album is a masterful piece of traditional country. "Don't want to love her anymore" is probably the... Continue Reading →

Whitey Morgan and the 78's released their fourth studio album on october 26th, named "Hard Times and White Lines"... and it's very difficult for a country music lover not to love it at first listen. This is surely one of the best country albums released this year. Hard not to think about Waylon Jennings while... Continue Reading →