InterviewsBen Chapman’s Songwriting Circus Aaron Irons…one of the songs he included on his playlist was “Kentucky Deluxe”, which sparked a whole conversation on dealing with anxiety as a performer. Is that a true story? And…
ReviewsSound and Soul Staff Picks: The Best Albums of 2019 Sound and Soul…Cut, Ice Nine Kills Purchase Album Ok, technically this album was released in 2018, but the band dropped the Final Cut Deluxe Edition with six bonus tracks just before Halloween…
ReviewsRequired Listening: ‘Eleven Eleven’, Dave Alvin Aaron Irons…version was Yep Roc’s 2012 deluxe edition including not only the three new songs but also nine live cuts (“mistakes, sweat and all” wrote Alvin) recorded with The Guilty Ones…
InterviewsFrom the Pocket of a Canadian Tuxedo: Andrew Nelson of Great Peacock Aaron Irons…about how dirty it is, but how harmonic– you can hear all these like extra notes in there. But that’s cause he plays through this magical Fender Tweed Deluxe amp,…
ColumnsBo Talks: Auld Lang Syne Bo Walker…joyful nostalgia this year. The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a new Mario Party and a new Smash Brothers? I mean really, what year was…
Interviews“We’re Doing This For Fun. Period.” Jimmy Herring Talks the 5 of 7, Colonel Bruce, and his Favorite Gear Megan Allen…Telecaster Deluxe. That’s a Fender, but it was used and it was only $130. Now, that guitar would be $3,500. But it was $130 and my dad thought it was…
News, ReviewsVideo Premiere: David Childers “Quiet in the House of the Rising Sun” Aaron IronsRamseur Records has just released Interstate Lullaby: Lost But Found, a deluxe digital edition of the David Childers & The Serpents 2020 album that features alternate tracks and one previously…
ReviewsWhitehorse Delivers Homage & Honesty on ‘I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying’ Charlie Farmer…Not Crying the rare pandemic record that captures just how bizarre it was (is?) living under a canopy of disquiet. The hillbilly deluxe opener “If The Loneliness Don’t Kill Me”…
InterviewsNeon In All Its Glory: One Horse Parade Talks New Album Matt Lang…[Fender] Deluxe Reverb or an [Vox AC30], getting down their tracks. We’ll go back and double them up or just see whatever they come up with. A lot of times,…
Reviews2019 Holiday Album Guide Alan Sculley…special. Merry Christmas Deluxe Anniversary Edition, Mariah Carey Carey’s hugely popular holiday album gets a 25th-anniversary expansion with a second disc that includes six tracks Carey recorded in December 1994…