Maybe Magic by Ryan Sweezey and a Decade of Unfinished Songs: The Long Version
A Vermont Writer Turns Old Voice Memos Into a Ten-Song Folk-Rock Album Miles Away dates from 2014, just after a first breakup. It then...
Gareth Hollis
Gareth Hollis covers country, folk, blues and americana for MusicRoots.News. Writes about songs that have been passed along, the players who carry them, and what changes each time.
Where Deep Blue Sea Came From: Kadi Beth and a Mayday Call Over Dark Water
A Finger-Picked 2023 Single Turns Caffeine, Sugar and an Empty Fuel Tank Into a Fall Deep Blue Sea opens on a finger-picked acoustic guitar,...
Why New Orleans Blues Rock Survived the Move to Switzerland on Rising by Jeb Rault
A Self-Produced Third Album Recorded at Marigny Studio with Friends From His Teenage Years The album opens with Pretty Pictures, a guitar song with...
Where I Asked Jesus & He Said No Came From: The Martha Groves Perry and Pat Thrall Protest Single
A San Francisco Songwriter and Pat Thrall Build a Blues Protest Song From Questions Martha Groves Perry cut the vocals for I Asked Jesus...
Why the Aftermath Folk Song Survived: Foxy Leopard’s Children of the War Starts Where Battles End
Resonator Guitar, Harmonica and a Children’s Choir Tell What Happens After the Armies Go Home Children of the War sets a weathered lead vocal...
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by David Moore and Westridge: The Long Version
A Texas Multi-Instrumentalist Runs Ten Songs From Seaside Folk to a Closing Title Track Track four is the one to start with. David Moore...
Cowboy by Brooke Washor: Where Her Last-Call Love Song Came From
A Panama City Beach Songwriter and Big Trip Turn Closing Time Into a Ride-for-Life Duet Cowboy by Brooke Washor opens where plenty of country...
Louder by Pete Keating: The Long Version, Tracked Live in Seattle
An Uncut Live Take at London Bridge Studio Anchors a Song About Not Backing Down An older guitarist living with multiple sclerosis had been...
Why the One-Man Ukulele Band Survived on Zombie Romance by BlackSheepLad
Phil Mellen Plays Every Part of a Lockdown Love Song, From Baritone to Bass Ukulele The credits for Zombie Romance by BlackSheepLad fit on...
Why a Father-Daughter Songwriting Game Survived as Dru Heath’s Rainbow Coloured Horse
A UK Country Writer Turns a Game with His Daughter Into Country Trance Rainbow Coloured Horse did not start in a studio. Dru Heath,...
Maybe Magic by Ryan Sweezey and a Decade of Unfinished Songs: The Long Version 
Where Deep Blue Sea Came From: Kadi Beth and a Mayday Call Over Dark Water 
Backyard Getaway by Emily Fraser, a Pop-Country Escape: The Long Version 
Why New Orleans Blues Rock Survived the Move to Switzerland on Rising by Jeb Rault