Doug DeLoach

1 month ago | songlines.co.uk | Doug DeLoach

Rating: ★★★ View album and artist details Artist/band: Reinis Jaunais Label: Reinis Jaunais April/2025 By combining instruments from his native country of Latvia, such as the kolke (a harp/zither relative of Lithuania’s kankle and Finland’s kantele), with locally crafted string and percussion instruments (guitar, tongue drum) augmented by synthesized effects, Reinis Jaunais creates a contemporary context for impressionistic compositions largely inspired by his prolific touring schedule. On...

Jul 17, 2024 | songlines.co.uk | Doug DeLoach

Rating: ★★★★ View album and artist details Artist/band: 9 Horses Label: Adhyâropa Records August/2024 In the words of multi-instrumentalist, teacher and 9 Horses founder Joe Brent, this “record is called Strum because every tune prominently features the sound of a plucked or strummed instrument: mandolins, guitars, basses, banjos, pianos, and including instruments that usually aren’t thought of that way like violins, drums, even people.” Not exactly a fusion-jazz band, chambergrass group or...

Jan 31, 2024 | songlines.co.uk | Doug DeLoach

Rating: ★★★★ View album and artist details Artist/band: Corn Nut Creek Label: Corn Nut Creek March/2024 Hearts in Bloom is the smashing debut album by Corn Nut Creek, the collective sobriquet of American fiddler and vocalist Danielle Vita and Australian fiddler, banjoist and vocalist Tanya Bradley.

Jan 31, 2024 | songlines.co.uk | Doug DeLoach

Rating: ★★★ View album and artist details Artist/band: Jim Kweskin Label: StorySound Records March/2024 In 1960s America, you couldn’t enter a coffee house without running into a malcontent folk singer with a ratty guitar hellbent on ridding the world of tyrannical evil.

Nov 9, 2023 | songlines.co.uk | Doug DeLoach

Rating: ★★★★ View album and artist details Artist/band: Tyler Childers Label: RCA Records December/2023 Tyler Childers’ sixth studio album, Rustin’ in the Rain,’ is one of the best and brightest indie-country releases in recent memory. Coming in at just under 30 minutes, the seven tracks cover a lot of territory in smartly crafted, superbly produced strides.