STRATEGIC ARTIST ADVOCACY SINCE 1997
Today in Twangville: "The album is awash with strings, horns, and background vocalists, sometimes – as is the case with 'Love Me Back to Life' – on a single song. Lyle Lovett has his big band. Now Chris J Norwood has his."
Check out the new tune by Chris J Norwood & The Knockdown Dragout!
Jeff at Treblezine continues to be one of those writers who teaches me things about my own artists. I love that!
"Spiff" is the first single from the upcoming Alberta & The Dead Eyes album 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘖𝘳 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 (March 15, Dead Eyes Collective) and "carries a swampy groove with a bit of a mid-1970s tint to it a la peak Fleetwood Mac, but with a rich backing of organ and layers of vocal harmonies that rise into a brief moment of transcendence that fades nearly as soon as it arrives. But vocalist Dave Boone’s hollers and yelps make the path to and from that climactic chorus just as fun."
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"You can hear Norwood channel that intensity in his performance, bringing a punk rock lineage to his R&B."
I love this observation from Rachel at Adobe and Teardrops about "Dancing In The Kitchen" by Chris J Norwood & The Knockdown Dragout.
The video is such a pure gem featuring Chris and his wife Carrie doing exactly what the song title states. To Rachel's point, though, there is an opposite side of that tenderness coin coming through. The upcoming album is rough and ready!
Recorded with urgency on the floor of the studio where Willie walked while making 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, the debut album by The Knockdown Dragout lands on February 9!
Many thanks to Relix for chatting with Abigail and Lily of The Chapin Sisters about their recent singles "Bergen Street" and "All Through The Night," and about how growing families can change the timeline of album-making.
Personally, I want that album soooooon!
This percussive piano playing by Dave Boone (he's on drums, too) is what first got me hooked on his band Alberta & The Dead Eyes. Not tagged, because not on socials. Don't you wish you chose that path?!
Thanks to The Spill Magazine for this premiere of "Bundled Up Blues" from the 𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘒𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘺 EP, out this Friday. You will dig this jam. Click for your life… and pre-save here!
Absolutely loving what Alex at Stereo Embers has to say this morning about "A Hero's Sin," the second video from the "Live In Studio" EP by the crushedvelvets, recorded and shot at BIG EGO.
"Dani Meza, the lead singer and braintrust of Indio’s the crushedvelvets, has quietly become indie rock’s Captain of Cool. A tranquil blend of Chris Isaak and The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group, Meza’s songs sway with dark flourishes and adroit percussion."
EP hits streamers on Dec. 15. Debut album coming in 2024. Click for your life!