Shots by Sugarbag Blonde: The Long Version of a Sunshine Coast Blues-Rock Single
A Sunshine Coast Band Carries Blues and Classic Rock From the Studio to the Stage Shots runs four minutes and twenty-seven seconds on the...
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.
Why the Blues Homecoming Survived: Seßler/Zeeb’s Bring It on Home Adds a Gospel Choir
The German Duo Set a Homecoming Song in Blues Rock, Soul, Americana and Gospel Bring It On Home is a blues rock song about...
Echo Union, The Door and One Changed Line: The Long Version
A Southampton Band, a Chorus Built on Showing Someone Out and a Rewritten Final Line Echo Union build the chorus of The Door around...
Heart Don’t Forget: Dunn & Dusty Show Why the Breakup Duet Survived
A Country-Rock Duet From St. John’s Gives One Breakup Two Voices and Two Memories Heart Don’t Forget picks up a breakup after the hard...
Where Rustic Glory Came From: A Happy Curmudgeons Memory Song with Hendrix’s Bassist as a Guest
Dave Hamilton’s Song of Love and Loss, Played with Guests Billy Cox and Bobby Balderrama The bass on Rustic Glory belongs to Billy Cox,...
Where The Ballad of Rigger Morris Came From: Alberta’s Oil Patch in a Cowpunk Song
An Edmonton Cowpunk Trio Tells a Roughneck’s Short Life in Four Verses and a Chorus The Ballad of Rigger Morris starts with a lone...
Why the Sequel Song Survived: Echo Union Start Where Oasis Left off on Until You Needed Money
A Southampton Duo Carry an Oasis Question Into a Piano-Led Ballad About Money Where Did It All Go Wrong? appeared on Oasis‘s 2000 album...
Where Drowning Amanda Lynne Came From: The River Line Inside Prison Wine’s The Bottom Howls
An Orlando Southern Rock Quartet Took Its Album Title From a Song About a River The title of Drowning Amanda Lynne comes from its...
Where Passerby Came From: Crimson Brooks Put a Singing Drummer at the Centre of Their Blues
A Blues and Garage Rock Single Maria and Greg Recorded Themselves After Six Years Away Passerby by Crimson Brooks starts with slow guitar plucks...
Where Something About the Sun Came From, and Why Noel Herrity Writes Characters
A Dublin Songwriter Whose Lyrics Come First and Whose Subjects Are Real People The recording is titled Something about the Sun, and the description...
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