Month: September 2023

The rich complexity of life is the focus of the much-anticipated new album from one of Canada’s most accomplished trios – Good Lovelies.  The songs on We Will Never Be the Same, crafted by the Juno Award-winning ensemble of Kerri Ough, Sue Passmore and Caroline Marie Brooks, are as compelling as the engaging vocal harmonies for which the group has been known these past 17 years.

Part experimental indie and part ‘70s soft rock, Califone’s first record in three years finds creative force Tim Rutili reaching new levels of harmony, fragility, and confidence. Over the course of nine tracks, Califone weaves music that spreads out and luxuriates in the messy darkness of modern life.

For Francie Medosch, leader of rag tag Philly country-rock outfit Florry, the 11 songs on their Dear Life Records debut “The Holey Bible” aspires to the special feeling of raucous intimacy achieved by the best records in the outlaw country canon, and strikes that rare balance between a display of careful honesty, and an invitation to a party. Fantastic album!

Swinging Stars is Mapache’s dynamic and ambitious fifth album, it’s a release of calm, the groups’s breathtaking harmonies and heartfelt sound verges on cosmic West Coast Pop Americana. Clay Finch and Sam Blasucci’s musical outings have grown from being the casual project of two longtime mates to one of the most formidable folk acts around. Essential listening.