Adobe & Teardrops
Adobe & Teardrops premieres the new video from Old Heavy Hands, “Shelter Me,” writing, “While Old Heavy Hands has perfected the art of fist-pumping country rockers, the band’s performance here shows us the soulfulness with which they approach their music.”
While Old Heavy Hands has perfected the art of fist-pumping country rockers (fully on display in their upcoming album Small Fires,) the band’s performance here shows us the soulfulness with which they approach their music. On this slow jam, each musician deeply feels their performance, the kind of musicianship that makes everything the band does feel magnified and immediate.
“Shelter Me” captures the heartache and feeling of futility in an uncaring and unforgiving world. It was written in response to the injustices that caused the deaths of folks like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. The request for shelter, safety and justice is brought to bear through lines like, “Can’t shake the situation/ Pointing cameras at the proof / We can’t breathe or sleep at night / With those devils on the loose.”
Adobe & Teardrops debuts the lead single and new video from Moon Shine, “The Promise,” calling it “a shimmering retro country confection of hope, doubt, and commitment.”
The Land In Between was overseen by acclaimed producer and guitarist Teddy Kumpel (Joe Jackson, Feist, Rickie Lee Jones) at Atomic Sound in Brooklyn, and together they assembled an impressive array of veteran A-list session players, including bassist Cat Popper (Jack White, Willie Nelson, Levon Helm), drummer Steve Williams (Sade, David Byrne, Keith Richards), keyboard player Todd Caldwell (Stephen Stills, James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt), fiddler Charlie Burnham (Martha Redbone), with Mark Spencer on pedal steel (Son Volt, Lisa Loeb), Michael Blake on tenor saxophone, Bruce Harris on trumpet and the late Don Heffington (Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams), playing drums on “I Tried to Keep on Loving You.”
Adobe & Teardrops debuts new single from B.Knox – “Only Words” – noting that “Knox anchors his voice midst a swell of organs and horn sections, channeling country soul to the fullest.”
Canadian songwriter B. Knox may have staked his reputation as a sparse instrumentalist on his acclaimed Heartbreak & Landscape, but this time around, he’s cementing his role as a singer and band leader. On Knox’s new album, Far From Folk (out on April 8th), Knox anchors his voice amidst a swell of organs and horn sections, channeling country soul to the fullest.
Adobe and Teardrops has the latest 5 Rounds interview up, with Walter Parks. Read what the longtime sideman to Woodstock legend, Richie Havens, has to say about his storied past, and his debut album with The Unlawful Assembly…
“We can play a country church in Mississippi, or we can draw a crowd at a hipster club in Brooklyn. We connect with a wide-ranging audience,” says veteran musician Walter Parks, speaking of the music on his debut LP album, The Unlawful Assembly (out via Atomic Sound). “The joy, gratitude, pain and yearning in these songs is universally felt.”
The Good Graces Share New Track at Adobe & Teardrops
You know I love the Good Graces. If you don’t love the Good Graces yet, here’s another entrant on the list of reasons why you should. On “Story To Tell,” Kim Ware gets “raw and rocking” as she delves into anxiety and the toll it takes. Ware’s punk rock snarl gives the song an edge — reminding us that even if anxiety is something a lot of people live with, that doesn’t mean it has to be easy.