Crooked Rain
Scotland’s Music . Sleazy and Unpredictable
Yeah, this is Scotland’s home of Americana.
Our old stuff is still available here, so you can check out interviews with the National, Malkmus, Kathleen Edwards, a whole load of CD and live reviews as well as our famous features.
And don’t forget to tune in to the Switchback show on the Fabulous Sunny Govan FM, Glasgow’s best community radio station.
A bluegrass band of sorts, The Jones Street Boys have updated the traditional setting of banjo, guitars and fiddles with an impressive modern sheen. While flagging up their allegiances (particularly to the late John Hartford) they have added instrumentation in the form of percussion, keyboards and harmonica and (whisper it) radio friendly songs
Read the rest of “The Jones Street Boys “Overcome” (Smith Street Records)”
Howling down the M80 from Perth the boys in $outhpaw released a gem of an album with Buffalo Mansions three years ago. It’s been a long wait for a follow up but hardened and honed by solid gigging home and abroad they have a five song EP that demonstrates a rougher, leaner sound while retaining their knack for a good tune. Read the rest of “$outhpaw. “Stop the Time”. Goldrush Records. “
On a wet and windy night a good few gathered in the venerable Wah Wah Hut to meet and greet some Canadian cousins stopping by to share a song or two. First up was Jim Bryson. Guitar/keyboard player with the Edwards band but with a solo career to look after as well
Read the rest of “Kathleen Edwards/Jim Bryson. King Tuts 24th June 08.”
An amiable acoustic four piece, Two Dollar Bash are veterans of a European wide music scene, playing music that is their own particular distillation of folk, country, blues and bluegrass influences. There is electric guitar here, on occasion, but there isn’t too much in the way of drums; rather, we have the interplay of guitars, bass, banjo, mandolin and mandola with Mark Mulholland’s lap steel and Matt de Harp’s harmonica extending the atmospheric range. There’s no stars here Read the rest of “Two Dollar Bash: Lost River (Cannery Row Records CRR0806) “
john ‘biscuits n gravy’ davy reviews 2 new releases from justin rutledge and jefferson pepper Read the rest of “roots roundup with biscuits n gravy”
First things first.
He’s called Kinky because he has curly hair, OK? But as he wears a black Stetson he might have an Afro-style, or sport a Morrissey-type quiff for all we know. Haircuts aside, the Kinkster is a one-man political party, raconteur, poet, author (of 28 books), cigar company owner, pet rescue champion as well as a singer-songwriter lauded by the likes of Tom Waits and Willie Nelson, no less. As he pointed out, there have been two tribute albums of his musical works to date and “he ain’t dead yet.”
Read the rest of “KINKY FRIEDMAN, THE TRON, GLASGOW, MAY 31, 2008.”
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