For touring musicians, the road can be a complicated beast. Most of the time, it is exhilarating. Then at some point, it becomes exhausting. Singer,
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – While Bobby Charles is hardly a household name, the late songwriter is known by many through songs he wrote including “See You
via Studio360.org Singer-songwriter Dominique Pinto goes by Dom La Nena, ‘Dom the Little Girl.’ Like Lil’ Wayne before her, the name refers unironically to her
With just a little keyboard, Brazilian chanteuse Dom La Nena turns her lovely, waltzing “Buenos Aires” into a sweet and breezy gem for our South
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South Louisiana’s Bobby Charles is perhaps best known as the author of iconic early rock ‘n’ roll songs including “See You Later, Alligator” and “Walking to New Orleans,” — hits in the hands of, respectively, Bill Haley and Fats Domino. In the early ’70s Charles demonstrated another more introspective and soulful side of his musical [...]
Track features on Athens outfit’s recently issued ‘Baba Yaga’ LP Because Futurebirds trade in country-rooted psych-rock, it’s completely in character for the Athens, Georgia outfit to juice their just-unveiled tour diary video for “Serial Bowls” — a surf rock-strummed cut off the Fat Possum signees’ recently released sophomore album, Baba Yaga — with giddy, high-speed effects. When [...]
“It’s something almost primal that speaks to your head, your heart, your body and your soul. The, what other’s would call crazy, combination of Celtic, Eastern Indian and Reggae music that is Delhi 2 Dublin will grab a hold of you and take you on a journey of joy, trust and maybe even a little [...]
Shannon McNally – Small Town Talk: The Songs of Bobby Charles (CD, Sacred Sumac Music, Pop) Upbeat bluesy pop with some twang and funky undercurrents. Small Town Talk pays tribute to the music of Bobby Charles, a man who was instrumental in creating the swamp pop genre in the 1950s and 1960s. Shannon McNally has [...]
via My Spilt Milk Her new album pays tribute to the Louisiana songwriting great. In 2007, Bobby Charles was scheduled to play Jazz Fest. Anybody who knew the notoriously reclusive songwriting legend was taken aback by the booking because it seemed so improbable. He had pretty much retired from live performing years ago, and in [...]
via CMT Edge “Everybody’s heard Bobby Charles,” says superfan Shannon McNally. “If you have any kind of record collection, you know who he is even if you don’t know who he is.” Even if you don’t know the name Bobby Charles, odds are you’ve heard his music. The man born Robert Charles Guidry signed to [...]
CD/Vinyl + T-Shirt Bundle Limited Edition Vinyl CD iTunes T-Shirts Trucker Hats Stream Small Town Talk HERE on American Songwriter. Preview Small Town Talk HERE in The New Yorker. The ‘Small Town Talk Tour’ is officially underway! We kick it off with an in-store performance and CD signing today at 2pm at Louisiana Music Factory, [...]
Last year, the rootsy, idiosyncratic singer and songwriter Joshua James released a full length album called From The Top of Willamette Mountain. “Willamette Mountain” is a kind of mystical place of his songwriting imagination — but it’s also very real: it’s the name that he’s given to his farm/homestead in rural American Fork, Utah. During the Richard [...]
Growing up in the cultural and musically rich area of Athens, Georgia, Courtney Jaye, who is a popular singer-songwriter from Nashville, is releasing her fifth studio release, Love and Forgiveness. Having collaborated over the years with several well-known and independent artists alike, as well as providing guest vocals on their album(s), Jaye knows a thing [...]
Throughout her career as a young actress and international model, Lou Doillon was holding back a part of herself: the singer. “I had every reason in the world not to go into music” says Doillon, the daughter of Jacques Doillon and Jane Birkin, and sister to Charlotte Gainsbourg. Doillon had secretly been playing guitar and [...]
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