Family matters
FIRST PUBLISHED AT ALTSOUNDS.COM
7.5/10
The Handsome Family’s (aka Brett & Rennie Sparks) eighth album ‘Honey Moon’ is a collection of love songs “featuring tales of intimate insects and lovers kissing in wet caves”, released to mark their 20th wedding anniversary. Maintaining the gothic Americana Family template of previous albums, ‘Honey Moon’ blends the baroque with [...]
Album Review: The Handsome Family - Honey Moon
February 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Alt-country, Alt-rock, Alternative, Folk/Acoustic, New Wierd America, Pop/Rock
Tags:Acoustic·Alt-country·Americana·bluegrass·Brett Sparks·country·Folk·Ragtime·Rennie Sparks·romanticism·The Handsome Family
Abum Review: Micah Blue Smaldone - The Red River
October 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Alt-country, Alternative, Folk/Acoustic, Indie, Music, New Wierd America
Micah Blues and Red Rivers
7/10
Micah Blue Smaldone is a former punk scenester from New England who has moved on to sparse, rootsy folk. ‘The Red River‘, his fourth solo record, is dominated by meditative, neo-traditional acoustica with an eye for theatre. While intimate in scale it much less personal than, say, Bon Iver, but more [...]
Tags:Acoustic·Americana·Folk·Ragtime·Singer-songwriter·Vaudeville