Author Archives: Richard

Oregon duo, The Hackles impressed with their debut album, but it was the follow-up, 2019’s A Dobritch Did As A Dobritch Should, that established them well beyond the shores of the USA. In the UK, The Daily Express called it “gorgeous Americana,” while RnR magazine said it was “magnificent.” Folk Radio UK praised the “intelligent, […]

The Lonesome Ace Stringband is an old-time band with bluegrass chops that play some  righteous folk and country music. There’s a depth of groove and sense of space not often heard in bluegrass today, a level of instrumental interplay and vocal blend uncommon in old-time, and an on-stage rapport that transcends all of this. Three Canadians […]

Internationally renowned, legendary drummer, Sam Kelly, is a professional musician with more than 40 years in the business.  His “Sam Kelly’s Station House” is a blues-based, groove band with a unique sound that is influenced by New Orleans Second Line, soul, jazz and British funk.  Some of the best – and I mean best – musicians […]

From shot-gun shack and cotton-field to festival main stage, the prodigious talents of Lil’ Jimmy Reed have taken him a long way from the Mississippi river.  One of the last surviving performers of classic Louisiana down-home blues, Lil’ Jimmy’s stinging guitar work, gritty vocals and haunting harmonica have been taking Europe by storm. His music […]