![]() “Sleepwalkin’” trades the furious, horse-hooved country-rock of Miller’s main project, Old 97’s, for smoother dynamics and slower tempos. Come for the cathartic chorus stay for Fullbright’s harmonica solo.ĭon’t let the pedal steel guitars fool you. Piling garage rock guitars and Stax-worthy horns into a petulant, pissed-off heap, the Diamond Rugs – an indie supergroup featuring members of Deer Tick, Los Lobos, The Black Lips, Dead Confederate, and Six Finger Satellite – attack an ex-girlfriend on this cut from their self-titled debut.Ī twenty-something Okie with the world-weary songwriting chops of someone twice his age, John Fullbright sings about cross-country travel and hard living on “Jericho,” a song steeped in Americana, country and Southern gospel. Together, they make a rough-and-tumble kind of folk music, the kind of gorgeous, down-home stuff that Gillian Welch and David Rawlings might’ve done if they’d skipped music school and learned the ropes in roadhouses instead. Ĭary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent sing like old lovers, entwining their voices in close harmony one minute and shouting above one another in heated, twangy tones the next. You can download the sampler by visiting. In conjunction with our July/August issue, American Songwriter proudly presents The Muse July Sampler, featuring 14 must-hear tracks from some of our favorite artists. ![]()
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