Nashville artist Jax Hollow is an untameable force of nature. Her new single “Wolf in Sheepskin” has echoes of Jimi Hendrix and Melissa Etheridge, plus some killer lines like “Sunrise, waking up with my .45” – and the best wolf hat ever worn in a music video.
A beautiful piano ballad with soulful, smoky edges, the title track to Paige Su’s forthcoming album (out February 24th) is utterly breathtaking: A heartfelt, honest, gut-wrenching and bittersweet exhale of love and grief, all in the same breath. “If you ever feel low, I just want you to know that you’ll live in my songs,” Su sings softly, a tender and earnest declaration from the depths of her soul.
With their third album Homesick For Another World coming out later this month, the band recently released the single “Turkey Vulture”, a somber folk ballad that builds into a classic-sounding rock number, sprinkled with mandolin and piano and breezy vocals. Inspired by watching actual turkey vultures swarming a walnut tree while leering down at recent roadkill, lead singer Casey Dayan says…
It’s a punchy and rousing rocker that picks the best of classic rock with a never-stopping rocking groove and spirit that feels like a brilliant blend of The War On Drugs, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and even Wolf Parade.
“Don’t Give Up on My Love” sounds downright Motown in its writing and execution, a vibe that’s tragically rare in modern music. So thank you to Mr. Chambers for keeping it alive. You’re performing a public service.
The Americana Music Association features Jax Hollow in the Americana on Your Screen section of their This Week in Americana newsletter for February 4 – 10, 2023, alongside videos for:
Brek – “Hálftómt glas”
Cinder Well – “Two Heads, Grey Mare”
Robert Ellis – “Yesterday’s News”
Indigo Girls – NPR Tiny Desk Concert
Kitchen Dwellers (feat. Lindsay Lou) – “They Love Each Other”
Mo Pitney – “Old Home Place”
Esther Rose – “Chet Baker”