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Overton Music artist: Russ Green - Stone Cold - New Release Review

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 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Stone Cold , from Russ Green , and it's a driving blues rocker. Opening with Lint Redux , you are immediately in the middle of a swampy blues with modern effects. With a firm foot stomp by Felix Pollard on drums and Vic Jackson on bass Russ Green on harmonica and vocals really has the earthy feel. Giles Corey on slide gives the track great grease and Green's harp work is strong. Excellent opener. 12 Feet of Water opens with a terrific harmonica aria before grinding into a super drum driven romp. With the feel that I can only describe as Hill Country , Green delivers such soulful vocals, comforted by Joe Monroe on keys, this track just grabs you. Green's harmonica is like a shuddering wind blowing through you with the thumping bass of Vic Jackson and Vince Agwada on guitar. Excellent! Easy going shuffle, Nobody Knows has a smooth, supple melody with backing acoustic guitar, minimal drum work and melodic ha...
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Mekons Announce New Album Deserted + New Single + Tour

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Mekons Announce New Album  Deserted, Out on March 29 L-R: Dave Trumfio (bass), Susie Honeyman (violin), Jon Langford (vocals/guitar), Steve Goulding (drums), Rico Bell (accordion/vocals), Tom Greenhalgh (vocals/guitar), Lu Edmonds (saz, cumbus, oud), Sally Timms (vocals). Photo credit: Ricky Malpas ( hi-res ) Plus, RollingStone.com Premieres Video For "Lawrence of California" and Announces New European and U.S. Tour Dates British folk-punk collective the Mekons will release a new album  Deserted  ( PRE-ORDER HERE ) on March 29. It is their first formal studio album since 2011's Ancient & Modern . RollingStone.com announced ...
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The Mekons Announce Rare, Full-Band Tour

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The Mekons Announce Rare, Full-Band Tour And, additional screenings for the documentary film Revenge of The Mekons -- “The Mekons are the most revolutionary group in the history of rock ‘n’ roll” – legendary rock critic Lester Bangs ­ -- Celebrated British musical miscreants The Mekons ( https://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artist/mekons ) announced they will tour select U.S. cities in July as a full band. The group will make stops in Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and more during the two-plus-weeks stretch. The genre-defying collective Mekons emerged from the 1977 British punk scene, and progressed from socialist art students with no musical skills to prolific, raucous progeny of Hank Williams. Theirs is an improbable history: a surprising and influential embrace of folk and country music, with occasional forays into the art world. The current lineup has remained intact since the mid ‘80s marked by defining releases The M...
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