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Pocono Jones & The Bear Live at Cambridge Sound Studios

Jim Hynes americana, Country, country blues, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter January 30, 2023

Pocono Jones & The Bear Live at Cambridge Sound Studios Self-released This is our second review for Pennsylvania-based folk/blues artist Paul Wilkinson, billed here as the The Bear in keeping with the solo effort from 2021, 400 Bears. He is joined by Pocono Jones, aka Brad Hinton for a live acoustic performance that took place […]

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The Broadcast From The Horizon

Rhetta Akamatsu Americana rock, blues, blues-rock, country blues, From the Hoizon, indie Blues, making a Scene, the broadcast August 24, 2016

The Broadcast has recently released a new album titled From The Horizon, and this one is going to wake you up and make you pay attention! The group is from Asheville, NC, where they moved from New York City, and features a top-notch group of musicians with a fantastic vocalist, Caitlin Krisko, who has, according […]

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The Ally Venable Band No Glass Shoes

Rhetta Akamatsu Ally Venable, Ally Venable Band, blues, country blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, neo blues, new Blues, No Glass Shoes, nu blues August 9, 2016

Ally Venable has been racking up awards in East Texas, where she’s from, and a listen to No Glass Slippers will help you understand why. She is a songwriter, guitar player and singer, and at 17, this is her debut album. Venable is backed up on No Glass Shoes by a very capable band, consisting […]

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Clint Morgan – ‘Scofflaw’

Rhetta Akamatsu b;ues, Cliff Morgan, country blues, Scofflaw June 7, 2016

by Rhetta Akamatsu The first time I ever heard of Clint Morgan was when I received Scofflaw to review. And do you want to hear my objective opinion? I was blown away pretty much. This is in no way an ordinary album. It is a celebration of the dark side of humor nature, and then […]

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Rev. Peyton and His Big Damn Band are “So Delicious”

Rhetta Akamatsu americana, country blues, punk, Rev. Peyton and His Big Damn Band, So Delicious March 19, 2015

I remember seeing Rev. Peyton and His Big Damn Band open for Flogging Molly in 2008. I was completely befuddled: “What is this?” But by the end of the kinetic set I was loving it. That has not changed with the release of “So Delicious.’ Rev, Peyton’s Big Damn Band is not like any other […]