Shotgun Language, aka Gustav Berry, is back with a new release, the EP “Mileage”. It’s about the special, alternative country and fifties’ rock we have heard some of before. This time with a more consistent album with 5 good songs.
You can listen and download the EP on Shotgun Language’s Bandcamp page. You can also visit the Myspace page. Here are two songs:
On December 14th Emma Salmon releases her debut solo album “Goodbye Lady Luck”. She’s been working on the songs since 2003 when she moved from Umeå to Stockholm and started working as a freelancing singer and musician.
It’s about 10 tracks of country pop, where you can listen to the first single from the album, “Follow the Road”, here below.
You can read more about Emma on her site.
I find it interesting to listen to voices in completely new contexts. If it’s a skilled singer he usually manages to produce new layers of emotions that you couldn’t feel in the other genre. It’s like viewing a person from a new angle, the entire picture changes and becomes more complete, and this also affects the way you listen to the former work.
I’ve written about Makkan Johansson and his band Saigon Sickness before, and he has moved here from an alternative, darker rock to americana, as the singer in the band The Medicine Show. It’s about well-trodden paths which moves from country rock to a more rootsy american folk and country.
And they do this really well. Makkan shows a different register and personality here, and the band delivers a row of inviting melodies and songs.
I’ve been listening to their debut album, which is not out yet though, and if you like to be updated about this, you can follow the band on Facebook or on Myspace. Here are two songs from the album:
Grand Roses was, to say the least, an interesting discovery. This spring they released their third EP “Say It to My Fervent Heart”, and it has become a favourite of mine. To make an attempt to describe their music I’d take a part of Glasvegas and mix it with a dose of attitude from Union Carbide Productions and also a sensation of mellow Americana.
Well, it sounds really good with strong tracks and a singer who strikes the right nerve and has a nice darkness in his voice. Listen some more on their Myspace page and on Spotify.
Their second EP, “The Farm”, is also available on Spotify and on their Myspace page. Here are two songs from “Say It to My Fervent Heart”:
Jon Strider, whom I wrote about last year, is back now with a new album, “Fresh Tracks”, which was released in February. Except from two tracks, he has chosen this time to collaborate with various songwriters, like Jane Getz, David Garriock, Michael Boesen et al. And it shows; there are larger leaps this time between different styles and expressions. The soft country rock is there, but gets accompanied by country, blues and other influences. It’s pleasant, nice melodies and well produced.
Here are two songs to listen to:
Magnolia Tree
Workin’ Is For People That Don’t Know How to Fish
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