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On Led Zeppelin’s debut album, you can hear that blues influence coupled with elements of English folk music. The whole of Zeppelin’s discography is clearly inspired by the country blues ...
Country-folk singer-songwriter Wyatt Flores, known for "Please Don't Go" and "Milwaukee," will take the Ting Pavilion stage ...
Most country music stars identify as Christian. Not all of them, of course, but most have grown up in Christian households. However, there are a few country artists out there who do not ...
Compositionally, this record takes Black Country, New Road’s songs to a new level of complexity, without ever feeling indulgent. Vocally, those three voices veer between Kershaw’s clean, bright, ...
She parallels the rise and fall of a fictional knight with a kite-flying session on ‘For The Cold Country’, one whose “strings burn my palms”, left “shredded” in the trees. Kite-flying ...
After Earle performed "Copperhead Road" on the Opry stage -- a hit he released in 1988, which saw major success in the country, folk and rock worlds -- Gill walked out onstage to present him with ...
Just months after Black Country, New Road lost one of its members, frontman Isaac Wood, the band was on stage singing at the top of their lungs: “Look at what we did together / Black Country, New Road ...
It’s been three years since Black Country, New Road began brandishing the lyrics ... punk and lengthy post-rock tendencies in favor of baroque pop and progressive folk arrangements, citing Joanna ...
But it was a live album, intentionally ephemeral. With Forever Howlong, Black Country, New Road’s third studio album and first proper release without Wood, the band have chosen permanence again ...
Tracks like “Two Horses” and “The Boy” stand out for their emotional clarity and nuanced storytelling. The former, in particular, showcases the band’s ability to create intimacy with minimalism: ...
Just as Black Country, New Road released their second album, 2022’s Ants From Up There, they announced that singer and guitarist Isaac Wood was leaving the band, shrinking their number from seven to ...
The knight of “For the Cold Country” only finds solace in confiding in an unnamed companion. And often, the torment that ripples through the album is social alienation of a particularly ...