Barry Walker Jr is a singular pedal steel player whose influence and presence across cosmic country and ambient americana is inescapable. He has recorded with many wonderful groups and often graces stages and festivals across the US as a central piece of psychedelic country/rock/jam legends Rose […]
Sarah Louise is an extremely accomplished folk musician, recognized as a prodigious finger style acoustic guitarist and known for her delicate work with electronics and tape loops that recalls Pan American as much as Fahey. A lot of her work is very traditional but I find […]
This is a live record of a concert on December 23rd, 2023, by the guitarist Hayden Pedigo. It’s a home town Christmas concert, an emotional full circle moment for the man from Amarillo and is his first live album after a decade of consistently brilliant studio […]
On this new record “Goodbye Till I Do Good By You” Blaine Todd dives headfirst into cosmic country taking a half step back from his earlier more ambient Americana vibes, and sets a new high-water mark for the genre. The Blaine Todd sound is higher and […]
Barry Walkers most recent solo work and his most energetic and busy as well. You might know him for his ambient records or as a player in Rose City Band. He plays several string instruments but is most known for his pedal steel and on Shoulda […]
Great cosmic country that’s warm and folksy in the PNW tradition. Lots of instrumental space but nice vocal cuts too and always very melodic. His voice and delivery reminds me of Gun Outfit, or maybe a subdued David Berman. It’s a little too jammy to call […]
“Veteran underground experimentalists Morgan Garrett and Zack Kouns have teamed up to form Scream Culture and deliver this one-of-a-kind album of outsider Americana, back woods electronics, and heartfelt noise ballads. This is no piss take, this is sincere music from the heart and from the heartland, […]