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Kenny Roby – The Reservoir
The Reservoir is Kenny Roby’s first studio album in seven years, and he certainly had a well of inspiration to draw from. Made on the heels of great loss, The Reservoir is less punchy honky-tonk than the bulk of Roby’s previous work. It’s a more sophisticated, polished, folk-rock album, perhaps a musical metaphor for Roby’s transition from Raleigh to Woodstock. The spirits of fellow residents like Bobby Charles and Jackson…
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Kenny Roby
In the late 90s, Kenny Roby ushered in the alt-country wave that spread across the world with his band 6 String Drag. Since then he’s released a steady stream of records both with the band and on his own. We talked about his latest release, a gorgeous 16-track, deeply personal record called The Reservoir out August 7th on Royal Potato Family. You recently relocated to Woodstock, is it an indefinite…
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Greg Loiacono – Mystic Traces
Whatever project Greg Loiacono’s involved with sounds quintessentially Californian. Mystic Traces is no different. Loungey and open with a laid-back sound, the album cruises and coasts like a drive down the 1. It’s easy listening in the best and truest sense of the phrase. Between his work with the Mother Hips, the Green Leaf Rustlers, and collaborating with countless other Bay Area musicians, it’s no wonder this album sounds so…
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Pacific Range : Tune In
Pacific Range is possibly the platonic ideal of a Californiana band – not in name alone, but their psychedelic combination of surf, country, and jammy sounds that peak and crest like the waves depicted in the imagery that reflects their origins (Chico State) and chosen home (the Santa Monica Mountains). The band released their excellent album High Upon the Mountain in March through our favorite label Curation Records. Their high…
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The Hanging Stars – I Woke Up in July [EP] : Review
Simultaneously retro and innovative, the Hanging Stars are the best Americana band in the UK since Matthews’ Southern Comfort with their perfect blend of British dream pop and Californian country-rock, like the Stone Roses met Buffalo Springfield. The three-track EP gets its name from the opener “I Woke Up in July,” one of the strongest, most beautiful songs from their early 2020 release A New Kind of Sky. Lush production,…
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TOF Productions presents: Neal Casal Music Foundation Benefit
TOF Productions has announced an evening of music and conversation to benefit the Neal Casal Music Foundation on Thursday, July 9th at 8:00 PM EST. Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite. Gary Waldman, Neal’s lifelong friend and manager, will host the event live from Applehead Recording in Woodstock. He’ll be joined by the full Kenny Roby Band, featuring Jeff Hill, Tony Leone, Jesse Aycock, and John Lee Shannon. The evening…
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Neal Casal Music Foundation
The Neal Casal Music Foundation (NCMF) will be raising funds to provide instruments and lessons to students in Neal’s home states of New Jersey and New York, as well as supporting MusiCares, Backline, and other mental health organizations for musicians, as Neal expressly requested in his parting note. The foundation, spearheaded by Neal’s longtime friend and manager Gary Waldman and other friends, has announced two projects to raise funding: a 30-song tribute album…
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Psychedelic Cowboy : Playlist
Hi friends, It’s been a minute. Lots of great stuff coming up – new Neil Young next week, Bob Dylan, later in the summer that Zephaniah OHora and Kenny Roby. Missin’ live shows something bad and hoping all our artist friends are staying afloat. I hope people take this time to buy and deeply listen to records. One of my many quarantine projects has been watching music documentaries and Sir…
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Zephaniah OHora – Don’t Have That Last Drink
The highly anticipated sophomore record from Zephaniah OHora seems to be on the horizon. OHora recently released the b-side “Don’t Have That Last Drink” from the record produced by Neal Casal, made in Brooklyn in early 2019. Although OHora reckons this song is more reminiscent of his previous record than the new one, the song promises listeners more of his finely tuned classic country-western sensibility and his whiskey-smooth baritone vocals.…
