Can’t quite understand how we missed this, but thankfully picked it up from the ever excellent Folk Hive blog and thought you may have missed it too. Either way it was definitely worthy of a repost. Shaking Through is a documentary series about bringing a song to life. Each year, ten of the most exciting songwriters around are given a challenge to write and record … Continue reading MM Shorts 140: Strand Of Oaks
So much can happen in one week, even when you feel that time stands still. Simone Felice at the Jericho Tavern, for example. There I was, MM photographer for the night, fins flailing, blinding everyone by inadvertently turning on the flash. Fortunately no-one asked me to leave, particularly as it was such a great gig. More like a front room jam. A couple of days … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (13th April)
Hot on the heels of our earlier post about the Wooden Wand / Duke Garwood split for Record Store Day comes news of a deluxe edition release of last year’s excellent Briarwood album, again on Fire Records. It includes eight, stripped down demo versions of the James Jackson Toth’s penned album tracks. These were all recorded solo, at home in Lexington, KY, on a Roland BR1600 digital … Continue reading And More From Wooden Wand
Bringing together the dirty British blues of Duke Garwood and Wooden Wand’s Kentucky-laced country rock, Fire Records are releasing a special split 12″ for Record Store Day. As anyone who has read MM for any length of time will know, we are huge fans of Mr Wand, a genius songwriter and thoroughbred storyteller and we have featured the sparse, spooked our blues of Duke Garwood … Continue reading Wooden Wand & Duke Garwood Record Store Day Exclusive
We have posted a number of times about Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters and their outstanding latest album of sometimes fragile, sometimes eerie, sometimes warped and sometimes wistful Americana. This is the fourth single from Lungs, Dirts & Dreams and is titled Restless Roads End. It is a more muscular track, a song that slowly stretches, flexes and simmers over five minutes while the band keep … Continue reading More From Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters
Here is our semi-regular round-up of what’s new (and good) from our in-box, our favourite blogs, and the realms of the internet. We have some dusty, backwoods Americana from The Great American Canyon Band and Father John Misty and some rollicking country rock’n’roll from Deer Tick’s new Tim EP. We have high octane garage from the Fresh & Onlys with a non-album cut that appears … Continue reading Saturday Means Eight of the Best
Hello reader. Once more into the abyss I write, only this Friday it’s been long hand – not quite quill and parchment but getting there. Big Mac has choked, nearly croaked and lies in a critical condition waiting for restorative palliative care from Uncle Mike. Not that he’s my uncle you understand, but we are related and he’s particularly avuncular when it comes to ‘puters. … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (6th April)
The Plastic Pals left a mark on the European garage and Americana scene with their debut album Good Karma Café a few years back. This time around the band are offering up single, Leave It ‘Til Tomorrow as a taster of their forthcoming new album. This is heroin disco chic in the style of the Velvet Underground and Berlin-era Bowie. Download it below. a Continue reading Introducing >>> The Plastic Pals
Videos seem to accumulate in our in-box faster than we have a hope of watching them. However, having sat and watched and watched and watched and then watched some more, this then is our selection of the best we’ve seen. Wet Nuns are a band we like a lot singing songs as they do about women, death and beer. This is the video for Heavens … Continue reading Huge Video Round Up…MM Has Square Eyes!
D.B. Rouse who we have featured a couple of times on MM dropped us a line to tell us about Make Good Choices, a free digital compilation that features 15 different bands and musicians from across the US, the majority of whom were found in the Austin, TX area. Of course it includes Mr Rouse himself, which should tell you something about the quality contained therein. Other artists … Continue reading Check Out The Make Good Choices Free Digital Compilation
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