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July 29, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Los Lobos: Native Sons

Los Lobos Native Sons New West Records Los Lobos is getting close to celebrating its 50th Anniversary – and without any line-up changes too. This band continues, this band endures – so crucial to its secret has been the live shows. So when Covid put paid to that, the group started plotting this tribute record, […]
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April 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Lilly Hiatt: Walking Proof

Lilly Hiatt Walking Proof New West Records Lilly Hiatt has been quietly gathering steam across four records to date – this is her finest though – and the real announcement: She’s arrived. She’s here. She’s a great singer and terrific songwriter and here’s the absolute (walking) proof.
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April 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Kacy & Clayton: The Siren’s Song

Kacy & Clayton The Siren’s Song New West Records They’re Canadian. They’re second cousins. They’ve played music together across the last decade as the formal duo Kacy & Clayton – ahead of that they grew up honing their craft and it’s a timeless country/folk/roots amalgam that here, on their fourth full-lengther is fleshed out further […]
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July 16, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

John Hiatt: Terms of My Surrender

John Hiatt Terms of My Surrender New West Records There’s something about that voice – it doesn’t get old or tired or sad. Oh, John Hiatt can do weary, he does weary so very well, he wears it well, but you never grow sick of his voice. It’s gnarled and knotty and gritty and it […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bob Dylan, John Hammond, John Hiatt, New West Records, Terms of My Surrender, Wicked Grin ·

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December 15, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Patty Griffin: American Kid

Patty Griffin American Kid New West Records Here’s the seventh album by Patty Griffin, the seventh album of strong solo material – her first in three years, a return to her own work after a star-turn supporting her partner Robert Plant. Griffin’s songwriting – covered by the likes of Dixie Chicks, Rory Block and Emmylou […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, American, Kid, New West Records, Patty Griffin, Robert Plant ·

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April 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Steve Earle & The Dukes (and Duchesses): The Low Highway

Steve Earle & The Dukes (and Duchesses) The Low Highway New West Records/Southbound Steve Earle records haven’t felt all that necessary lately. There’s always a great song or two (or three) but the albums have either been redundant (covers of Townes Van Zandt) or regurgitation (Washington Square Serenade). He’s been repeating himself to diminishing return, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Country, Invisible, New West Records, Steve Earle, Steve Earle & The Dukes (and Duchesses), The Low Country ·

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