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Interview with The Jayplayers – Little Bit Country

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman January 24, 2019 5:00 am Tagged With: Americana, Country, Folk, Pennsylvania, singer, songwriter, United States

The Jayplayers

Fresh off a win at the 2018 Philadelphia City Council’s PHLlive Center Stage annual music award for the Country/Folk category and a debut at both the 57th annual Philadelphia Folk Festival and the 35th annual MusikFest, The Jayplayers have delivered their latest EP, Little Bit Country. In this interview spotlight, I chat with The Jayplayers […]

Chrissie Romano Band Delivers New Album, Photo Now Available

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman January 23, 2019 10:20 am Tagged With: Acoustic, Country, New York, singer, songwriter, United States

Chrissie Romano Band-Photo

Rochester, New York based Chrissie Romano Band have arrived with their roots-rockin’, acoustic-driven new album titled Photo. Founded in emotive, passionate songwriting, Chrissie (alongside band members John and Ken) delivers refreshing soundscapes which feature solid rock rhythms, sweet sounding electric guitar tones, a soothing acoustic atmosphere and charming vocal performances. If you check out the […]

Interview with Matt Westin – Legacy

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman January 12, 2019 3:04 pm Tagged With: Country, country rock, Pennsylvania, singer, songwriter, United States

Matt Westin-Legacy

If you missed my previous Matt Westin features, follow these links (which will open in a new tab): link 1, link 2, link 3. In this interview spotlight, we chat about the new project (Legacy), challenges, motivations, technology and more. Full Q&A along with links and music below. Where are you from and what style […]

Interview with Bill Abernathy – Crossing Willow Creek

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman January 10, 2019 10:05 am Tagged With: Americana, Country, Folk, Kansas City, Missouri, singer, songwriter, United States

Bill Abernathy

In this interview spotlight, I chat with Bill Abernathy about his new album Crossing Willow Creek, challenges, motivations, listening preferences and more. Be sure to check out our feature on Crossing Willow Creek, available here. Full Q&A along with links and music below. Where are you from and what style of music do you create? […]

Matt Westin Delivers Emotive Country Single, Listen to You Leave Me No Choice Now

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman January 9, 2019 10:38 am Tagged With: Country, Pennsylvania, singer, songwriter, United States

Matt Westin-Legacy

We’ve been buzzing about Matt Westin on these pages for a small chunk of time now. If you missed our previous features, be sure to find those here, here, and here (opens in new tab). Off his critically acclaimed album Legacy, You Leave Me No Choice continues in the spirit of well polished, radio ready, […]

Bill Abernathy Shares Stories Over Beautiful, Folk Soundscapes, Crossing Willow Creek Now Available

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman January 9, 2019 9:25 am Tagged With: Americana, Country, Folk, Kansas City, Missouri, songwriter, United States

Bill Abernathy

Kansas City, Missouri based singer/songwriter Bill Abernathy has arrived with his latest album, Crossing Willow Creek, which takes us a on a journey through enchanting roots music sound beds that set the tone for his prolific storytelling approach to writing. A story that might resonate with some of us, Bill fell in love with music […]

Interview with Harrison Country – Climate Change

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman December 12, 2018 5:00 am Tagged With: Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Maryland, Roots

Harrison Country

Climate Change is the debut album of Maryland based group Harrison Country.  Founder Don Harrison has described their music as “21st Century Folk Music” — stories about life today, told using a number of different American music traditions from Blues to Country to Broadway to Bourbon St.   In this interview spotlight, I chat with Harrison […]

Interview with Black Horse Motel – and then you were gone

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman November 28, 2018 8:00 am Tagged With: Alt-Country, Americana, Country, Folk, folk pop, folk rock, Pennsylvania, United States

Black Horse Motel-and then you were gone

Philadelphia’s Black Horse Motel crafts its genre fluid city folk sound by taking traditional folk instrumentation and lyrics, blending them with Americana roots, rock, blues, and country influences and tying it all together with rich vocal harmonies. The resulting sound is infectiously foot-stomping, heart-breaking, familiar and new. In this interview spotlight, I chat with Black […]

Interview with Hugh James – My Brother’s Shoes

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman October 29, 2018 9:11 am Tagged With: Americana, Country, gospel, R&B, singer, songwriter, Soul

Hugh James honed his craft over the years writing for artists like teen queen Tiffany, Latin pop divas Las Triplets and most recently country heartthrob Steve Holy. Hugh has also lent his piano chops to several recordings or live performances for artists such as Doobie Brother-Michael McDonald, Tiffany, BJ Thomas, Aaron Lines and Robert Townsend […]

Tia McGraff’s New Album Stubborn In My Blood Now Available, Listen to One Tin Soldier

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman October 9, 2018 11:27 am Tagged With: Americana, Canada, Country, singer, songwriter

Tia McGraff

Internationally renowned, award-winning, Canada based Americana singer/songwriter and author Tia McGraff has delivered her latest album Stubborn In My Blood. Today I am putting spotlight on her single and cover of One Tin Soldier. After meeting and marrying her musical and life partner Tommy Parham in Nashville twelve years ago, the duo has enjoyed an […]

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