Hobart Rowland

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For the past year or so, guitarist Joey Williams has been closing North Mississippi Allstars shows with Bishop Neal Roberson’s “Don’t Let The Devil Ride.” That made it a natural pick for Still Shakin’ (New West), the durable collective’s first LP in three years. “We wanted to capture that spirit for the album,” says Luther Dickinson, who co-founded the Allstars with his brother, Cody, back in 1996.

3 days ago | magnetmagazine.com | Hobart Rowland

The Last Revel’s “Solid Gone” wouldn’t exist (at least in its current form) if it weren’t for a serious close call. “In early 2023, my wife and her former band got in a car accident while on tour driving through some nasty winter weather in eastern Montana,” says Ryan Acker, Last Revel banjo player and singer. “By some fortunate miracle, everyone involved was OK, and there were no major injuries.”Acker and his wife, Lena, were understandably rattled by the experience.

4 days ago | magnetmagazine.com | Hobart Rowland

If there’s a unifying theme to Spaceface’s new LP, it’s about savoring moments of whimsy and absurdism in an impersonal world—the sort of world that “wants to translate your love and art into loveless data,” says Jake Ingalls, co-founder of the Los Angeles-based neo-psych collaborative. Formed in 2011, the original Spaceface featured two former members with ties to the Flaming Lips: roadie/guitarist Ingalls and guitar tech Matthew Strong.

4 days ago | magnetmagazine.com | Hobart Rowland

Suffice to say that if Henri Herbert wasn’t such a stone-cold force of nature on his instrument of choice, he wouldn’t be living in Nashville right now. It’s actually a documented fact: The native Brit wouldn’t have his green card if it wasn’t for his otherworldly skills on blues piano. And, apparently, more than a few people get it. A 2017 video of Herbert pounding out his tune “Gettin On Down” in a London train station has more than 73 million views on YouTube.

1 week ago | magnetmagazine.com | Hobart Rowland

“Way Down In The Hole” is the song that made J. Isaiah Evans a Tom Waits fan. That made it an obvious pick for his upcoming EP, Modern Sounds In Americana Music. “I first heard it when I was taking part in a tribute to Tom Waits in Dallas,” says Evans. “That song hit me hard.”Evans spent a decade fronting the 40 Acre Mule, a Dallas-based quintet that earned ample praise for its forward-leaning spin on classic rhythm and blues.