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Nothing’s Wasted On The Soul – Joey Kneiser (Young Buffalo Records) What can I possibly say about Joey Kneiser which I haven’t said over and over again. Joey’s one of the best songwriters out there and it goes without saying that it’s a damned shame that he and his oeuvre of material, both from his
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Night Number Two of Massive Nights 10 (AKA Separation Sunday Thursday) I make no claim to be a tried and true fanatic (in the literal sense of the word) of The Hold Steady. Make no mistake, however, I do love the band and without fail will always attend one of the Massive Nights shows at
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The Trust Of Crows – Otis Gibbs (Wanamaker Recording Company) I’ve been a huge fan of Otis Gibbs ever since the first time I heard his song “Caroline” off of his debut LP, Grandpa Walked a Picket Line from 2009. To make a long story short, Trust Of Crows is Gibbs’ best album since 2012’s
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Echo In The Dust – Julianna Riolino (Moonwhistle Records) Julianna Riolino’s third LP, Echo In The Dust ought to be a real game changer as far as her solo career is concerned. With a sound that harkens back to the female singers of the Laurel Canyon scene of the 1970’s, Julianna has really hit her
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New Threats From The Soul – Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band (Sophomore Lounge Records) “New Threats From The Soul” starts off sounding like we’re about to get a yacht rock album but the title track quickly veers off into the C&W space one would have expected once Davis’ baritone vocals augmented by Christopher May’s
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Burnover – Greg Freeman (Transgressive Records) Burlington, VT’s Greg Freeman has had quite a 2025 on the heels of sophomore LP, Burnover. Largely backed by a who’s who of fellow Burlingtonians, Freeman has crafted a stellar collection of slack Americana tunes with a style and substance which elicits a sound that harkens such varied artists
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The Villain – Mal Blum (Get Better Records) Blum’s 5th full length LP is on the face of it, a break up album, but digging deeper one hears the singer offering up a conflicting tightwire act which transgender males invariably find themselves attempting to balance…the need to prove and display the confidence and self assuredness
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THE NEXT TO LAST WALTZ As one might expect from a blog named W.S. Walcott Medicine Show, the Band and The Last Waltz are near and dear to my musical heart. I shared this little playlist last year but it deserves to be a yearly thing. So with little to no further adieu, here is
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I was a 16 year old senior in high school when Patti Smith’s Horses came out. I’m sure I’ve told this story 100 times already but the head of my high school religion department turned me onto the album back then. His office was adjacent to the senior lounge and during free periods, hanging out
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Gladie – “Car Alarm” There’s nothing like waking up on a Tuesday morning and being surprised by a new release which was totally unexpected. This is exactly what transpired this morning as Philadelphia stalwarts, Gladie dropped “Car Alarm”, a noisey guitar driven banger. Produced by none other than Jeff Rosentsock, “Car Alarm” finds lead singer,
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