Sound Cloud Sunday August 18, 2019

Laurel Canyon Radio took our van out on the road and puttered up to Santa Fe, New Mexico for fun, games, relaxation and musical inspiration and we met the delightful singer/songwriter Johnny Blueheart. We sat down for an interview at his cabin at Ghost Ranch (an amazing artist colony/retreat center/former home to Georgia O’Keefe) up in Abiquiu New Mexico and we talked about his upcoming film “The Marshmallow Mystery Tour” and he played us some live music on this Southwestern fused episode of “Sound Cloud Sunday”.

Listen to this week’s episode/interview/right below:

Johnny Blueheart – Travelin’ Man/The Line & The Box/When I’m Down/Filthy Man

Hometown:  Abiquiu, NM via Brooklyn, NY 

Album:  “Desert Demos” available on Bandcamp

Review Snippet:  Check out some of Johnny’s earlier music from Isomer here:
https://isomermusic.bandcamp.com/

Website: 

http://www.johnnyblueheart.com

Co. Townes – Turnstyled Junkpiled

Hometown:     Warren, Pennsylvania

Album:  From the album “Van Zandt” self-released in April.

Review Snippet:

That line-up includes Sara Aiello with vocals and harmonica, Jody Aiello with vocals and rhythm guitar, Morelli with vocals and lead guitar, Blick with drums and King with bass guitar. Morelli lives in Kane, and the other four reside in Warren.

Company towns, Sara Aiello explained, were old towns established when a company brought industry to an area, but the towns might later be abandoned by companies when the “oil runs dry.” She noted that towns such as Warren, Titusville — where she is from, Franklin and Westline were built with the oil industry in mind.

Members write all their own music and lyrics, she noted.

Website:   
https://cotownes.bandcamp.com/releases

David G. Smith –  Shine

Hometown: Blue Grass, Iowa

Album:  From the album “Who Cares” out this week on Hey Dave Records. 

Review Snippet:   [Smith] comes across with the same sort of weathered resolve that best exemplifies fellow travelers like Kris Kristofferson and Townes Van Zandt.

Website:  https://davidgsmithmusic.com

Anna Egge – Cocaine Cowboys

Hometown:  Brooklyn

Album:  Her 11^th album “Is It The Kiss” out on September 6 on StorySound Records. 

Review Snippet:  What’s most immediately striking about Ana Egge’s latest, Is It the Kiss, is its rich sonic coherence. Ana’s at the center, but the term singer/songwriter doesn’t cover it. This is much more than words and tunes — the whole is informed by her deeply-rooted musical intelligence. It’s only because she defies category that she usually winds up in the folk bin, but from the beginning she’s been inspired by the raunchy warmth and laid-back intensity of singers such as Etta James and Ann Peebles, while emulating the strangely sturdy crystalline quality, real and true, of Dolly Parton. As a guitarist, early on, Ana dug into the picking patterns and driving right hand of Big Bill Broonzy, Mississippi John Hurt, and Elizabeth Cotten, while also absorbing the swinging, behind-the-beat phrasing of Django Reinhardt. The country side of things is well represented on the album by pedal steel (Matt Davidson) and fiddle (Alex Hargreaves) and by the songs “Cocaine Cowboys” and her affecting duet with Iris Dement on a cover of Diana Jones’ “Ballad of the Poor Child.”

Website:  https://www.anaegge.com/

Foy Vance – Wind Blows Chloe

Hometown:      Northern Ireland

Album:  From the album “To Memphis” out September 6 on Gingerbread Man Records and Atlantic Asylum UK. 

Review Snippet:
We live in the golden age of fan entitlement. It’s something we’re all guilty of to some degree. No matter how much our favourite artists, shows, movies etc offer us, it never quite ticks every box. The answer very rarely lies in nagging and complaining though, rather the key is faith and patience. Though I’ve loved all of Foy’s records to varying degrees, there has been a quiet voice in the back of my mind for some time asking for two things: for him to explore his soulful side more, and for a few old favourites to finally have proper studio versions. With the first of two albums in 2019, Foy delivers on both counts.

Next Time in LA:  October 26 at the Palace Theatre. 

Website: https://foyvance.com/

Ernie Hendrickson –  Do It For Love

Hometown: Chicago 

Album:   From the album “Roll On” out September 24 (self-released). 

Review Snippet:  Roll On displays Ernie’s ability to tackle weighty themes with humor and a sharp eye for the details that make his songs humane and compelling. Influenced by everyone from Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter to Nashville humorist and songwriter Todd Snider, Ernie wrote a set of songs for Roll On that address the commercialization and alienation of American life. One song, “Dystopian Dreams,” makes explicit the looming political and social crises that characterize American life in 2019, but he gives the song an optimistic spin that comes from his new role as father to a young daughter, and as a family man who likes to spend time at home when he’s not on the road doing what musicians do to make a living.

Website:  https://erniehendrickson.com/

Esther Rose – Handyman

Hometown:  New Orleans

Album:  From the album “You Made It This Far” out August 23 on Farmer Daughter Records.  .

Review Snippet: A New Orleanian for the last decade, Rose first gained national prominence with the release of 2017’s ‘This Time Last Night,’ an intoxicating debut that prompted Fader to praise her “honest, gorgeous country songs” and rave that “her voice has a pitched-up June Carter quality, her melodies are simple like Jimmie Rodgers’s, and her tone is reminiscent of bluesy, lovelorn greats like Rex Griffin and Patsy Cline.” The record earned Rose festival performances from Savannah Stopover to AmericanaFest alongside dates with The Punch Brothers, Pokey Lafarge, and The Deslondes, and it even caught the ear of fellow Detroit native Jack White, who was so taken with the music that he invited Rose to duet with him on his ‘Boarding House Reach’ album.

Website:  https://www.estherrose.net

Asa – Good Thing

Hometown:      Nigeria

Album:  From the album Good Thing out July 24 on Shanachie. 

Review Snippet:   

Website:  http://www.asaofficial.com/

Omicrom J. Trauma – Luna

Hometown:    Dallas

Album:  From their ep “You Should Have Thought About That” released in March on FourreelzRecords.   

Review Snippet:   Dissassociative pop music

Website: 
https://soundcloud.com/omicronjtrauma