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With a prolonged stint in Them Damn Kids on his resume, Chris Darby’s initial solo effort, Road Songs, is a concise, four-song EP of varied acoustic folk. There’s a hint of Celtic melody in “Thursday’s Child,” and American bluegrass peeks through the dusty, windswept “Night To Night.” The instrumentation lends a soft, cottony weight to these songs — a warbling bass rumbles with patient authority as harmonica and a gracefully plucked guitar line skips in lilting counterpoint in “Road Song.
Patrick Conlan’s review of Road Songs.

(Source: illinoisentertainer.com)

Open Your Grievous Heart Review

Greg Locke of Ze Catalist has posted a review of Open Your Grievous Heart 

For now, we have Grievous Heart as a reminder of [Lee Miles’] rare ability to sometimes write perfect songs. Someday, I’ve no doubt, these songs will get out there to a larger audience; for now, he’s a regional treasure whose every release is worth getting to know. With this release Miles continues to keep the bar held high for his songwriter contemporaries. 

You can read the full review here.

‘Sideman’ goes solo

Jon Keller was interviewed about the release of his first LP, Down In A Mirror, by  The Fort Wayne Reader.

You can gain some insight on the record directly from Keller and also read a short synopsis of the album courtesy of Ben Larson.

In regards to his experience recording a solo album, after years of playing in bands where he was not the principal songwriter, he said, “it was awesome, but mostly really nerve-wracking. Recording was really fun, because I had never done it before, but then actually playing [those recordings] for people was terrifying.” He’s been getting some great feedback from peers, however, and had this to say about that: “It’s humbling to hear what people have said, because I don’t ever expect them to say anything good about it.”

Read the rest of the article here.