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ohmoguer · 3 years

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Norah Jones ha sido una voz firme de calidez y tranquilidad durante casi 20 años desde que su acogedor álbum debut de 2002 Come Away With Me se convirtió en un compañero musical familiar para millones de personas en todo el mundo. Ahora, la cantante, compositora y pianista ganadora de nueve premios GRAMMY ha lanzado su primer álbum navideño con I Dream Of Christmas, una colección encantadora y reconfortante de favoritos de temporada atemporales y conmovedores nuevos originales que exploran las complicadas emociones de nuestros tiempos y nuestras esperanzas de que esta temporada festiva esté llena de alegría y unión. "Siempre me ha gustado la música navideña, pero nunca tuve la inclinación de hacer un álbum navideño hasta ahora", dice Norah. “El año pasado me encontré escuchando Funky Christmas de James Brown y Elvis's Christmas Album los domingos durante el encierro para sentirme cómodo. En enero de 2021, comencé a pensar en hacer mi propio álbum navideño. Me dio algo divertido en lo que trabajar y esperar”. “Cuando estaba tratando de averiguar qué dirección tomar, las canciones originales comenzaron a aparecer en mi cabeza”, explica Norah. “Se trataba de tratar de encontrar las alegrías de la Navidad, captar esa chispa, ese sentimiento de amor e inclusión que anhelaba durante el resto del año. Luego están todos los clásicos que tienen esa nostalgia especial que puede golpearte sin importar quién o dónde te encuentres en la vida. Fue difícil delimitar, pero elegí los clásicos favoritos que sabía que podía hacer los míos.” Entre los muchos placeres del álbum se encuentran la divertida reinvención de Norah de "Christmas Don’t Be Late" de David Seville (también conocido como Ross Bagdasarian), que tiene un ritmo lánguido y trompetas jactanciosas. Otros aspectos destacados incluyen versiones sublimes de "White Christmas", "Blue Christmas", "Winter Wonderland" y "Christmas Time Is Here". I Dream Of Christmas fue producido por Leon Michels y cuenta con un excelente elenco de músicos que incluyen a Brian Blade a la batería, Tony Scherr y Nick Movshon al bajo, Russ Pahl a la guitarra de pedal, Marika Hughes al violonchelo, Dave Guy a la trompeta, Raymond https://www.instagram.com/p/CVBArzTrX3K/?utm_medium=tumblr

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bringinbackpod · 3 years

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Interview with John R. Miller

We had the pleasure of interviewing John R. Miller over Zoom video! Emerging singer-songwriter and guitarist John R. Miller released his debut solo album Depreciated, July 16 on historic record label, Rounder Records! Depreciated blends a vast array of classic sounds from countrypolitan and swamp rock to the Tulsa sound, which attracted multiple Grammy nominee Justin Francis (Leon Bridges, Kacey Musgraves, Margo Price) and renowned guitarist Adam Meisterhans to produce the album. Miller was signed after a moment of industry serendipity: another producer walked past the studio where Francis was mixing the album, and was so impressed with what he heard that he passed the music on to an A&R person for Concord. Miller began playing music as a young teenager in a tight-knit DIY scene in West Virginia. Miller’s first band was a punk quartet he and his friends formed at 14 years old. They would rent out church halls and Ruritan clubs to put on shows since they were not old enough to perform in bars. Before long, he gravitated toward folk and country music, which ignited a burning desire to travel as a touring musician and eventually drove him to quit school. He busked with a string band to earn a living and traveled to D.C., New York, and Knoxville, and would pen his own songs in his downtime. He spent the next 15 years as a touring musician, both leading bands and playing as a side man and bass player for a litany of other songwriters including the Hackensaw Boys, Sierra Ferrell, and J.P. Harris. Depreciated takes us back to Miller’s time growing up in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia and reflects on his relationship with his childhood home and the way things diminish over time, whether they be the car he drove off the lot, or the relationships he left behind. Depreciated was recorded at the legendary Studio A of Sound Emporium in Nashville. Miller was ably backed on the sessions by Meisterhans, who contributed guitar and production; co-producer Francis on congas and Wurlitzer, Chloe Edmonstone offering a plaintive fiddle, John Looney on mandolin, Jonathan Beam providing bass, Russ Pahl’s shimmery pedal steel, John Clay on drums, and Robbie Crowell playing the Wurlie and Hammond B3. We want to hear from you! Please email [email protected]. www.BringinitBackwards.com #podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #JohnRMiller #zoom Listen & Subscribe to BiB Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! source https://www.spreaker.com/user/14706194/2021-final-audio-john-r-miller

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spinstrackingsystem · 3 years

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John Michael Ferrari “Somewhere We Could Fall” now available to Top40 radio

Award-winning poet performing singer songwriter recording artist John Michael Ferrari writes emotional story-telling songs about his life experiences and those of others. With touches of sophistication and child-like wonder, John Michael’s songs cross several genres. New single, “Somewhere We Could Fall”, from the “Be the Smile on Your Face” album, recorded at Larry Beaird Studios, Nashville; produced by Pepper Jay, and written and performed by John Michael Ferrari. Thank you to Eli Beaird (bass), Larry Beaird (acoustic guitar), Evan Hutchings (drums), Troy Lancaster (electric guitar), Billy Nobel (keys), Russ Pahl, (steel guitar), Jim “Jimbo” DeBlanc (tracking / BGV engineer) Rob Lane (Vocal Engineer), David Buchanan (mix engineer), and gorgeous background vocals of Tania Hancheroff. New single, “Somewhere We Could Fall”, from the “Be the Smile on Your Face” album, recorded at Larry Beaird Studios, Nashville; produced by Pepper Jay, and written and performed by John Michael Ferrari. Thank you to Eli Beaird (bass), Larry Beaird (acoustic guitar), Evan Hutchings (drums), Troy Lancaster (electric guitar), Billy Nobel (keys), Russ Pahl, (steel guitar), Jim “Jimbo” DeBlanc (tracking / BGV engineer) Rob Lane (Vocal Engineer), David Buchanan (mix engineer), and gorgeous background vocals of Tania Hancheroff. To date, some of the best charts for “So Beautiful” so far: #4 Country = National Radio Hits 11/18/20 #5 Country Digital – New Music Weekly 11/13/20 #7 AC Hot AC – Nation #JohnMichaelFerrari #SomewhereWeCouldFall Read the full article

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nofatclips · 6 months

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King Of A One Horse Town by Dan Auerbach from the album Waiting On a Song - Directed by Aaron Hymes

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newmusicweekly · 3 years

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John Michael Ferrari “Somewhere We Could Fall” now available to Top40 radio

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lawsonwhite · 4 years

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Russ Pahl is one of my favorite people and musicians. This week I got to work with Russ, Bryan Sutton, Nate Smith, Shania Twain, Orville Peck, Mike Elizondo, Ruby Rae, Jenner Fox, an oboe trio from the Blair School of Music (Jared Houser, Leslie Norton, Melissa Rose), twenty one pilots and The Band Perry. It was a good week. . . . . . @ableton @eventideaudio @pearl_drums @vicfirth @rubyraemusic @jennerfoxmusic @goodchildmusic https://www.instagram.com/p/CDHcOmNB_Yr/?igshid=1scm3597ipcsr

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oscarcharles · 4 years

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Happy release day to my good friend @elvieshanemusic !!! This has been a long time coming and its one of those songs you’re gonna hear and be jealous you didn’t write. I know I am. He’s good at telling the truth and I think the world is gonna get to hear a lot of his. Extremely proud to have had the opportunity to produce this. Tracked at @southerngroundnashville_ with @jordandrigby @rmcnelley @yuccaboy @mackb15 Russ Pahl and Fred Eltringham. Assisted by @wilberswobbles Thank you to Chris and Sara and everybody over at @brokenbowmusic mastered by @hendyamps !! https://www.instagram.com/p/CBDfhq7BHGt/?igshid=jatjgobsqb59

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hillbillyhippiemusicreview · 5 years

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POST #19 - Tyler Childers - Builds His Country Squire One Song at a Time

How do you follow up the break out record, Purgatory?

You release what visual artist, Jimbo Valentine (more on him in a minute) called “Dark Side of the Holler”.

Tyler Childers released his sophomore album, Country Squire on August 2nd. A collection of 9 songs that seamlessly transition from one to the next with the help of Miles Miller (Sturgill Simpson) on drums, Stuart Duncan (various artists) on banjo, fiddle, and mandolin, and Russ Pahl (various artists) on acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel, jaw harp, and baritone. With Childers raw writing talent and distinctive voice, the album takes the basis of Purgatory to another level. Childers returns with producers Sturgill Simpson and David Ferguson.

The album opens with the title track, “Country Squire”. Childers has honed this tune over the past few tours and it is pure country gold. The verses go back and forth between Childers’ plans for his wife and their future home and the road dog life he knows so well. The chorus hits hard, “Spendin’ my nights in a bar room Lord, turnin’ them songs into two by fours”. The song harkens back to Merle Haggard’s, “Working Mans Blues” and the nights drowning beers in a tavern and working to buy his kids shoes. Where Haggard sings the blues, Childers’ song envisions his future kids playing around the family cabin. Coming full circle, the song starts with a road-dogging lifestyle to buy things for his wife and by the end he’s road dogging in the Country Squire he built for his wife

The second track is another story of a long gone time, this one about riding a school bus up and down a holler. Gone are the days of a bus driver being able to “blister punk kids alive” with a “paddle that he carved from pine”. Many readers may never have had that experience, but I can guarantee you this was everyday life in the not so distant past. Listeners will notice a slower paced version than has been featured on YouTube. The slower tempo and yearning fiddle highlight Childers pining for the “prettiest little girl the same age as me”. The jaw harp is also a nice addition to the track. One thing is for sure, Ray Dixon is not a man to be messed with.

“Bus Route” flows seamlessly into “Creeker”. Last school year my wife decorated her classroom door with words her Senior Home Room students use to describe themselves. Among the normal adjectives sits the word, creekers. While my wife was raised on Turkey Creek, these guys were actually referring to the next creek over, Stinking Creek. They lovingly describe themselves as “Creekers”. I can’t help but think there are a handful of former students out there who are proud as peacocks of having a song about them. “Creeker” features some of my favorite lyrics on Country Squire. I also feel that Creeker is the best representation of Childers’ voice on the record. The live version absolutely slays.

I like to think Gemini is a companion piece to the title track. While “Country Squire” describes life on the road as a means to an end, Gemini describes the author’s love of the road as what his significant other loved about him in the first place. I had to look up the traits of a Gemini as I am not what you call an expert in astrology. I would try to quote some definitions and articles but there is definitely not enough space in this review to include the intricacies. It’s safe to say that the actions written about in this song are a pretty accurate view. When I woke up early on Friday, August 2nd to begin listening to the album I remember posting the lyrics, “Now I’m lit up like a Christmas tree, Check one-two can ya’ll hear me”. As they accurately describe the jubilation I felt when I heard this song for the first time.

I’m glad I decided to review this album after hearing “House Fire” in the early stages of its inception, then polished on Jimmy Fallon, and ultimately a jam session at “Kickin’ It On The Creek”. Childers has his whole Bob Dylan going electric at Newport Folk Festival moment when he broke out a shiny new Telecaster for the tune on The Tonight Show. You can definitely tell the band has been tinkering with the jam since the album was released as there is now an extended jam highlighting Childers electric guitar playing before launching into “House Fire”. What the song lacks in storytelling, it makes up for in musicianship. It seems that every instrument is highlighted, but most notably is the addition of the Hammond B3 organ.

“House Fire” bleeds into the most honky tonk song about masturbation you will ever hear. “Ever Lovin’ Hand” is another song that has been tested out on the road the past few months. Although it seems out of place on a record filled with love letters to Appalachian life. “Ever Lovin’ Hand” is a love letter to Childers’ wife and reaffirms his dedication to her while on the road. One day, not so long ago, my wife was listening to the album on the way home from work when my 11 year old son (both of our youngest love Tyler) asked what the song was about. Most parents would move on to the next tune as quick as possible, not in our house. She asked him to listen again and really pay attention to the lyrics. Needless to say, he figured it out.

“Peace of Mind” is the one song that has drawn the most ire of listeners. A short dive in the YouTube universe will dig up a solo version that is really the inception the song. The solo version is uptempo and seemingly more happy. As I write and listen to the song right now, I can’t help but think that it was slowed down on the album for a purpose. A song about the laments of “what could have been” cannot be an uptempo, happy song. The tempo is perfect for the subject matter. “The days are dark, down in the holler, waiting for the sun to shine” hang up there as another set of lyrical favorites.

“All Your’n” started as another song featuring Childers playing solo acoustic. The album version is another rollicking love letter to his wife. In the vein of “Lady May” that closed the 2017 album “Purgatory”, Childers playful songwriting describes his courtship of his significant other and their love of fried morels. For those that don’t know, a morel is a mushroom (better known as a hickory chicken or dry land fish) that takes a keen eye and perfect conditions to find during a small window in the spring months. The video for “All Your’n is a perfect match to the song featuring Buffalo Wabs and the Price Hill Hustle drummer, singer, and Childers buddy, Casey Campbell stumbling through and Alice in Wonderland style landscape. It is also the introduction to Childers cheetah print wearing alter ego, “Tammy Chiggers”. All Your’n will definitely make its way to weddings and wedding receptions everywhere.

The album closes with a rendition of “Matthew” that introduces Childers brother-in law and father in law. “Matthew” describes a veteran who spends his time “guarding missiles and counting white tail” at the Bluegrass Army Depot between Irvine in Estill County and Richmond, Kentucky. The song is an observation of the lives of two men in Eastern Kentucky. “And he worked them hands to splinters, and he raised them young’uns right, on a little bit of scripture, and an acreage of paradise” is one of the most vivid descriptions of fatherhood I’ve seen put on record. Childers has a way of bringing real life to a song like no one else in music today.

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the album artwork done by Kentucky native, Colonel Tony Moore of Walking Dead fame and frequent Childers collaborator, West Virginia artist Jimbo Valentine. The cover art for Country Squire is departure from the hillbilly psychedelic artwork of records past. It is there, though, inside the gatefold with Valentine’s depiction of the original Country Squire. The yin yang-esque artwork would make an amazing framed poster (wink-wink). The album cover designed by Moore is a comic book rendition of a zen hillbilly Childers. It is the most unique album art I’ve seen in quite some time. I am a huge fan of album artwork and this is one of the best. No wording on the cover, simple, powerful.

Give Country Squire a listen. It isn’t Purgatory. It isn’t Bottles and Bibles. It’s the story of a Lawrence County native going to the big city, moving to the country, courting and marrying the love of his life, and a look to a future life pulling behind that 53 year old camper.

You can find Country Squire on all major streaming services or do what I did and order the LP from www.tylerchildersmusic.com

The artwork of Tony Moore can be found at www.coloneltonymoore.com

The artwork of Jimbo Valentine can be found at www.amalgamunlimited.com

-Josh Trosper, Hillbilly Hippie Music Review Contributing Writer

*This is an independent review. The Hillbilly Hippie Music Review was not compensated for this review.

*The opinions expressed are solely that of the author(s).

* This artwork and the quoted lyrics are not ours, nor do we claim the min any way. They are under copyright by Hickman Holler Records, under exclusive license to RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.

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bringinbackpod · 3 years

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Interview with Robert Finley

We had the pleasure of interviewing Robert Finley over Zoom video! “The greatest living soul singer,” Robert Finley, has released his career defining new album on Easy Eye Sound. A soulful masterpiece written by Finley and co-written by Dan Auerbach, it features blues veterans and studio legends who have worked with everyone from Elvis to Wilson Pickett. Finley appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition today, discussing his new record and remarkable story with Vince Pearson. The piece reflected on the power of perseverance and how Finley has found musical success, after many decades of hard work. He debuted a new music video for the track, “Make Me Feel Alright,” which premiered exclusively with SPIN.com, who also interviewed Finley about his new album and proclaimed it, “one of the finest albums of the year.” Reflecting on the track, Finley stated, “‘Make Me Feel Alright’ is about not looking for love, but for companionship. Sometimes you want to find someone to have a good time without judgment or baggage. There’s nothing like going to a club and having a good time. You meet someone, have a fun night and then go your separate ways with your own problems at the end of the night but still experience love in the moment.” Sharecropper’s Son received high praise from tastemaker media including Rolling Stone who described Finley's vocals as the perfect combination of “weathered and expressive.” Mojo described the album as “pure Hill Country hypnotic boogie.” AVClub claimed, “Finely has a voice so distinctive and compelling that it can’t be ignored.” GRAMMY.com discussed how Finley defies genres stating, “Finley's mesmerizing voice... defies neat categories.” Under The Radar said, “There’s an undeniable element of authenticity with Finley’s music and ‘Country Boy’ is no exception.” Before his rapid ascent, Finley overcame a divorce, house fires, an automobile accident, and losing his sight in his 60s, to finally pursue his musical dream and become an overnight soul sensation. Since the release of his Dan Auerbach produced debut, Goin’ Platinum, he’s toured the world, received critical acclaim, and even made the semi finals of America’s Got Talent. His latest album tells his life’s story and is rooted in the classic sounds of southern soul, country, rhythm and blues. With songwriting by Finley, Auerbach, Bobby Wood, and contributions from respected country songwriter Pat McLaughlin, Sharecropper’s Son also features an all star band including guitar expertise from Auerbach himself, Kenny Brown, Russ Pahl and Billy Sanford. They are joined by other notables: Bobby Wood, Gene Chrisman, Nick Movshon, Eric Deaton, Dave Roe and Sam Bacco. The fire behind the conflagrant performances on Sharecropper’s Son is ignited by Finley, who has cited a range of vocal influences, including Al Green, Jimi Hendrix, Ray Charles, Elvis, James Brown and The Beatles, all inspiring his genre diverse and formidable vocal approach, which take centre stage and encapsulate his remarkable life. Finley’s tales of pain and joy uplift as he shares his belief that you are never too young to dream and never too old to live. Sharecropper’s Son is out now on Easy Eye Sound. Exclusive sunrise yellow vinyl, available from the Easy Eye Sound store only. We want to hear from you! Please email [email protected]. www.BringinitBackwards.com #podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #RobertFinley #DanAuerbach #TheBlackKeys #zoom #aspn #americansongwriter #americansongwriterpodcastnetwork Listen & Subscribe to BiB Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! source https://www.spreaker.com/user/14706194/interview-with-robert-finley

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