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BREAKING THRU
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AJ Lee & Blue Summit (from the album Cover to Cover available on Signature Sound Recordings) (by Danny McCloskey)
Mountain music finds a safe harbor in Santa Cruz, California via the sounds of AJ Lee & Blue Summit. After a series of stellar releases, the band honors their own playlist choices with versions of tunes from other artists on their recent release, Cover to Cover. The album opens with string band love for Nitty Gritty Dirt Band when the Blue Summit reimagine “Fishin’ in the Dark” as they dredge up a Mel Tillis deep cut with the tale of “Matterhorn”. Sheryl Crow receives a Bluegrass makeover for her tune “Soak Up the Sun” as Cover to Cover tributes Gillian Welch (“Tear My Stillhouse Down”) with assistance from Lindsay Lou as it heads into the past with the Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys hit “It Takes One to Know One” and welcomes in Jerry Douglas for the Emmy Lou Harris track “Red Dirt Girl”. Trey Hensley hops on the runaway rhythm of “Who Walks When I Walk” as AJ Lee & Blue Summit hammer out a beat for “Drivin’ Nails in My Coffin” and create a dark edge to deliver Bob Dylan’s “Meet Me in the Morning”. The band stretches out “Glendale Train” when AJ Lee & Blue Summit cover New Riders of the Purple Sage. (by Danny McCloskey)
Listen to AJ Lee & Blue Summit on the Breaking Thru Spotify playlist
Find more information and purchase options on the AJ Lee & Blue Summit website
Jovin Webb (from the album Son of a Sinner available on Blind Pig Records) (by Danny McCloskey)
A hammering beat and matching vocal attack announce “Gunpowder & Lead”, the opening cut from the recent release Son of a Sinner from Jovin Webb. The track sets the standard for Son of a Sinner. The song serves up raw realism, Jovin Webb’s finger-pointing advice using his own personal experiences to underline the truths making up the storyline. A raspy vocal carries the pain dealt out in “After the Rain” as sharp-angled notes and rhythms beckon into “These Boots”.
Jovin Webb was born into the Blues growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, learning lessons from the blending of church culture Gospel and the realities of life on the Gulf Coast. Playing incessantly honed his skills as the live performances provided a platform to his unique vocal stylings. The sound of a salvational organ begins the slow trudge for the pleas of “Pray for Me” as guitar notes and keyboard taps support the confessional words of “Crybaby”. The story turns personal when Jovin Webb delivers “I Started Young” as pounding rhythms partner with the tough pokes of guitar strings when Son of a Sinner tells the tale of “Every Time I Roll the Dice”. A rhythmic patter hears a goodbye drowning in whiskey as Jovin Webb promises you’re gonna miss me “When I’m Gone” he stomps and snarls for “Pull ‘Em In” before exiting Son of a Sinner borrowing a tune from fellow Southern Rockers The Allman Brothers Band and doing justice for “Whipping Post”. (by Danny McCloskey)
Listen to Jovin Webb on the Breaking Thru Spotify playlist
Find more information and purchase options on the Jovin Webb website
Brother & The Hayes (from the E.P. Phantoms of Reality available as a self-release) (by Danny McCloskey)
A hint of musical south-of-the-border textures surround Brother & The Hayes when they enter their recent E.P. release on the Phantoms of Reality title track as the melodies slither like a sidewinder throughout the instrumental swells and sways. Country Rock rhythms welcome “Strangers” in like a gentle breeze as the band take a road trip with the tunes “Rolling Out of Richmond” and “Amarillo”. The combination of Texas-born, Nashville-based musicians Jennie Hayes Kurtz and David Bingaman are the core for Brother & The Hayes, the singers masterfully guiding the songs onPhantoms of Reality. An assured gait supports the dark tale of “Abel” as a heart-thump beat watches the dancers spin in a Texas roadhouse with “Cry”. (by Danny McCloskey)
Listen to Brother & The Hayes on the Breaking Thru Spotify playlist
Find more information and purchase options on the Brother & The Hayes website
Tattercoats (from the album Bright Morning Stars available as a self-release) (by Danny McCloskey)
Like the sun slowly peaking over the horizon, twinkling blinks rise up in the title track, “Bright Morning Stars”, setting the pace for the recent album release from Tattercoats. The husband/wife duo underscore their soundtrack of traditional Appalachian Folk and Old-World sentiments with a contemporary zeal. Each note on Bright Morning Stars arrives with powerful intentions and nearly physical emotion. They honor “Barbry Allen”, introduce “Katie Cruel” on a melody born in the darkest holler, and give a heart-slamming pulse underneath the traditional tune “I’ll Fly Away”. Tattercoats bid farewell as they exit Cheyenne and a trusted companion with “Goodbye Old Paint” as the warmth of Tattercoats harmonies wrap around the loss of love in “Bury Me Beneath the Willow Tree” and pick up the pace to declare “I Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow” before exiting Bright Morning Stars with the hesitant, sluggish steps of “There’s a Long, Long Trail A’way”. (by Danny McCloskey)
Listen to Tattercoats on the Breaking Thru Spotify playlist
Find more information and purchase options on the Tattercoats website
Dusty Wright from the album Maximus Americanus available a self-release) (by Danny McCloskey)
A Rock’n’Roll edge converts the Folk strums and harmonica riffs of Dusty Wright into an NYC-based American; a place where leopard skin in the new plaid. The recent release from Dusty Wright, Maximus Americanus, sets the standard for the genre is his championing and moves the all-inclusive bar of Americana happily into the future. He squeezes a variety of styles that include Country Rock, Rock, Garage Rock, and Folk Rock soundtrack the album. A personal letter to love is crafted inside the space of a song with “Essence” as Dusty Wright bares a “Honky Tonk Heart” that adds twang to his musical repertoire as dark chord patterns color the sky with grey above the “Hangman’s Rope”. Steady strums propel the determined groove of “That Was Then” while the patter of the rhythms from both drumbeat and guitar become the pulpit for the preaching of “Wash Away (My Sins”). Dusty Wright borrows a Bob Dylan tune, and a hit for The Byrds in the Easy Rider film, with “You Ain’t Going Nowhere” as Maximus Americanus navigates its way through a “One Way Town”, exiting to find a lost highway that leads to “Nowhere Good”. (by Danny McCloskey)
Listen to Dusty Wright on the Breaking Thru Spotify playlist
Find more information and purchase options on Dusty Wright website
Lost Fire (from the album Weeds in the Astroturf available as a self-release) (by Danny McCloskey)
Rock’n’Roll drives Weeds in the Astroturf, the recent release from Lost Fire. The band combines two cousins; Chilean Indie Rocker Tomas McManus and West Coast Americana singer/songwriter Josef McManus (White Owl Red) in the pair’s project, Lost Fire. A hammering beat propels the proud claims of “Feeling Fine”, the pounding continuing across “Don’t You Want to Own Us”. Melodies drift on the hard rhythms that course across “White Noise” as funky guitar chops carry the self-assessment of “Inside My Head” while Lost Fire rattle and roll a dance groove for “Shake It All”. Island rhythms meander over Weeds in the Astroturf as Lost Fire sip “Blue Margaritas” while the album untangles guitar strings for the demands of “Have a Good Time” and the duo add south of the border stories on the cool groove of “Friend in Tijuana”. (by Danny McCloskey)
Listen to Lost Fire on the Breaking Thru Spotify playlist
Find more information and purchase options on the Lost Fire website
Mountain music finds a safe harbor in Santa Cruz, California via the sounds of AJ Lee & Blue Summit. After a series of stellar releases, the band honors their own playlist choices with versions of tunes from other artists on their recent release, Cover to Cover. The album opens with string band love for Nitty Gritty Dirt Band when the Blue Summit reimagine “Fishin’ in the Dark” as they dredge up a Mel Tillis deep cut with the tale of “Matterhorn”. Sheryl Crow receives a Bluegrass makeover for her tune “Soak Up the Sun” as Cover to Cover tributes Gillian Welch (“Tear My Stillhouse Down”) with assistance from Lindsay Lou as it heads into the past with the Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys hit “It Takes One to Know One” and welcomes in Jerry Douglas for the Emmy Lou Harris track “Red Dirt Girl”. Trey Hensley hops on the runaway rhythm of “Who Walks When I Walk” as AJ Lee & Blue Summit hammer out a beat for “Drivin’ Nails in My Coffin” and create a dark edge to deliver Bob Dylan’s “Meet Me in the Morning”. The band stretches out “Glendale Train” when AJ Lee & Blue Summit cover New Riders of the Purple Sage. (by Danny McCloskey)
Listen to AJ Lee & Blue Summit on the Breaking Thru Spotify playlist
Find more information and purchase options on the AJ Lee & Blue Summit website
Jovin Webb (from the album Son of a Sinner available on Blind Pig Records) (by Danny McCloskey)
A hammering beat and matching vocal attack announce “Gunpowder & Lead”, the opening cut from the recent release Son of a Sinner from Jovin Webb. The track sets the standard for Son of a Sinner. The song serves up raw realism, Jovin Webb’s finger-pointing advice using his own personal experiences to underline the truths making up the storyline. A raspy vocal carries the pain dealt out in “After the Rain” as sharp-angled notes and rhythms beckon into “These Boots”.
Jovin Webb was born into the Blues growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, learning lessons from the blending of church culture Gospel and the realities of life on the Gulf Coast. Playing incessantly honed his skills as the live performances provided a platform to his unique vocal stylings. The sound of a salvational organ begins the slow trudge for the pleas of “Pray for Me” as guitar notes and keyboard taps support the confessional words of “Crybaby”. The story turns personal when Jovin Webb delivers “I Started Young” as pounding rhythms partner with the tough pokes of guitar strings when Son of a Sinner tells the tale of “Every Time I Roll the Dice”. A rhythmic patter hears a goodbye drowning in whiskey as Jovin Webb promises you’re gonna miss me “When I’m Gone” he stomps and snarls for “Pull ‘Em In” before exiting Son of a Sinner borrowing a tune from fellow Southern Rockers The Allman Brothers Band and doing justice for “Whipping Post”. (by Danny McCloskey)
Listen to Jovin Webb on the Breaking Thru Spotify playlist
Find more information and purchase options on the Jovin Webb website
Brother & The Hayes (from the E.P. Phantoms of Reality available as a self-release) (by Danny McCloskey)
A hint of musical south-of-the-border textures surround Brother & The Hayes when they enter their recent E.P. release on the Phantoms of Reality title track as the melodies slither like a sidewinder throughout the instrumental swells and sways. Country Rock rhythms welcome “Strangers” in like a gentle breeze as the band take a road trip with the tunes “Rolling Out of Richmond” and “Amarillo”. The combination of Texas-born, Nashville-based musicians Jennie Hayes Kurtz and David Bingaman are the core for Brother & The Hayes, the singers masterfully guiding the songs onPhantoms of Reality. An assured gait supports the dark tale of “Abel” as a heart-thump beat watches the dancers spin in a Texas roadhouse with “Cry”. (by Danny McCloskey)
Listen to Brother & The Hayes on the Breaking Thru Spotify playlist
Find more information and purchase options on the Brother & The Hayes website
Tattercoats (from the album Bright Morning Stars available as a self-release) (by Danny McCloskey)
Like the sun slowly peaking over the horizon, twinkling blinks rise up in the title track, “Bright Morning Stars”, setting the pace for the recent album release from Tattercoats. The husband/wife duo underscore their soundtrack of traditional Appalachian Folk and Old-World sentiments with a contemporary zeal. Each note on Bright Morning Stars arrives with powerful intentions and nearly physical emotion. They honor “Barbry Allen”, introduce “Katie Cruel” on a melody born in the darkest holler, and give a heart-slamming pulse underneath the traditional tune “I’ll Fly Away”. Tattercoats bid farewell as they exit Cheyenne and a trusted companion with “Goodbye Old Paint” as the warmth of Tattercoats harmonies wrap around the loss of love in “Bury Me Beneath the Willow Tree” and pick up the pace to declare “I Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow” before exiting Bright Morning Stars with the hesitant, sluggish steps of “There’s a Long, Long Trail A’way”. (by Danny McCloskey)
Listen to Tattercoats on the Breaking Thru Spotify playlist
Find more information and purchase options on the Tattercoats website
Dusty Wright from the album Maximus Americanus available a self-release) (by Danny McCloskey)
A Rock’n’Roll edge converts the Folk strums and harmonica riffs of Dusty Wright into an NYC-based American; a place where leopard skin in the new plaid. The recent release from Dusty Wright, Maximus Americanus, sets the standard for the genre is his championing and moves the all-inclusive bar of Americana happily into the future. He squeezes a variety of styles that include Country Rock, Rock, Garage Rock, and Folk Rock soundtrack the album. A personal letter to love is crafted inside the space of a song with “Essence” as Dusty Wright bares a “Honky Tonk Heart” that adds twang to his musical repertoire as dark chord patterns color the sky with grey above the “Hangman’s Rope”. Steady strums propel the determined groove of “That Was Then” while the patter of the rhythms from both drumbeat and guitar become the pulpit for the preaching of “Wash Away (My Sins”). Dusty Wright borrows a Bob Dylan tune, and a hit for The Byrds in the Easy Rider film, with “You Ain’t Going Nowhere” as Maximus Americanus navigates its way through a “One Way Town”, exiting to find a lost highway that leads to “Nowhere Good”. (by Danny McCloskey)
Listen to Dusty Wright on the Breaking Thru Spotify playlist
Find more information and purchase options on Dusty Wright website
Lost Fire (from the album Weeds in the Astroturf available as a self-release) (by Danny McCloskey)
Rock’n’Roll drives Weeds in the Astroturf, the recent release from Lost Fire. The band combines two cousins; Chilean Indie Rocker Tomas McManus and West Coast Americana singer/songwriter Josef McManus (White Owl Red) in the pair’s project, Lost Fire. A hammering beat propels the proud claims of “Feeling Fine”, the pounding continuing across “Don’t You Want to Own Us”. Melodies drift on the hard rhythms that course across “White Noise” as funky guitar chops carry the self-assessment of “Inside My Head” while Lost Fire rattle and roll a dance groove for “Shake It All”. Island rhythms meander over Weeds in the Astroturf as Lost Fire sip “Blue Margaritas” while the album untangles guitar strings for the demands of “Have a Good Time” and the duo add south of the border stories on the cool groove of “Friend in Tijuana”. (by Danny McCloskey)
Listen to Lost Fire on the Breaking Thru Spotify playlist
Find more information and purchase options on the Lost Fire website
