Los Angeles – Portland, Oregon-based experimental country/folk band, Blitzen Trapper, are happy to be sharing a special live track, “Heart of Gold,” via SoundCloud. The Neil Young cover tune comes from the band’s limited-edition Record Store Day LP offering, Live Harvest. The quintet recently performed Young’s Harvest album from start to finish, at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland, during
Album Review: Dan Vickrey -Tender Mercies
Listening to Counting Crows guitarist Dan Vickrey’ side project, Tender Mercies, I was immediately drawn to their Gram Parsons-esque sounds. There is a definable twang that alt-country has pushed in the past few decades in an attempt to get back to their folk/country roots and away from that pop-country sound that so many consider to