Joyann Parker- Out of the Dark review

Joyann Parker Out of the Dark Helpless Romantics Records JoyannParker.com In 2018, I received a CD that sparked the use of words including slick, sassy, simmer, free-spirited, passion, and groovers. Joyann Parker’s Hard to Love became an immediate Fervor Coulee favourite, and I’ve waited with anticipation for the arrival of the follow-up. A couple weeks…

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Favourite Blues Albums of 2018

I don’t listen to a lot of blues, and almost all that does come my way is via a small handful of supportive PR houses. To their credit, they are discriminating. Still, a lot of the (mostly) electric blues that I encounter leaves me cold. My preferred style of blues is (usually) of the acoustic-based,…

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Favourite Roots Albums of 2018, so far

It’s July 1. The year is half over and during the past six months some terrific music has been released. While I have heard my share of the roots music that has come out, I haven’t heard it all. I do have my favourites and that is what I share today: Fervor Coulee’s Favourite Roots…

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Joyann Parker- Hard To Love review

Joyann Parker Hard To Love Hopeless Romantics Records When I reflect on the joys writing about roots music bring me, I can itemize many elements that inject pleasure in my life. Among them, and perhaps in the Top 3, is that in writing about music in the way I do—off the mainstream grid, without the day-to-day constrictions…

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