Alt-Country / Americana

http://www.americana-uk.com/cd-reviews/item/the-don-darlings wrote:A bleak, black vocal opens this impressive album which mines the seam of ‘Dark Southern Americana’ - their words not mine.

http://www.last.fm/music/Helldorado?ac=helldorado wrote:Helldorado is a Norwegian rock band inspired by spaghetti western, Ennio Morricone, Quentin Tarrantino, surf rock, Nick Cave, The Gun Club, american gothic, folk, hard rock, country, indie and more. They are still managing to maintain their own personal style

lfmmdf wrote:

(δεν μου ήταν και πολύ ξεκάθαρο ,ως συνήθως, πού να τους εντάξω μουσικά...anyway..)

http://www.last.fm/music/Whitfield+Fahrenheit wrote:Whitfield Fahrenheit and the Doomsday Trio offer a unique perspective on the apocalyptic remnants of the United States. As self-appointed documentarians of the apocalypse, the quartet travels the backroads of what is now known as the Fucked Up States of America, or the F.U.S.A. as it’s called by wastelanders. Recounting their adventures in song and satirically exposing the country’s long list of foibles, nothing is sacred in their musical exploitation of human tragedy and suffering.

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Deep+Dark+Woods?ac=the%20deep%20dar wrote:Saskatoon, Canada (2005 – present)

The Deep Dark Woods is a Canadian folk/alt country band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan , currently signed to Sugar Hill Records in the United States and Six Shooter Records in Canada.

The timeless sound of the aptly named “The Deep Dark Woods” belongs to the depressing winters of the north. Pulsing with human warmth, these original songs echo through the lonesome night. Ryan Boldt’s plainspoken lyrics offer a strong but gentle tone which understates poetry, oftentimes as startling as hot blood in fresh snow. Despite the dark themes, the heaviness never overwhelms the music’s playfulness. An utterly fun rhythm section, brilliant guitar work, and eerily rich harmonies drive the songs. One could easily be forgiven for mistaking their songs as treasures of decades past, as The Deep Dark Woods approach their instruments with studied respect for the honoured traditions of the shadowy side of roots music.

The Deep Dark Woods’ 2009 release “Winter Hours” is a collection of their best recordings yet. Working with Juno award winning producer/musician Steve Dawson at “The Factory” in Vancouver, they managed to truly bring out an energy that the new songs deserved, recording the album live off the floor.

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-handsome-family-mn0000072998/biography wrote:Husband-and-wife duo the Handsome Family has been labeled both alt-country and traditionalist, but truthfully their often-dark music lies in a unique space somewhere in between, blending the sounds of traditional country and bluegrass (and, especially, murder ballads) into a more modern scenery. Vocalist and composer Brett Sparks hails from Texas, where he studied music and briefly worked around the oil rigs. By the mid-'90s, he resided in Chicago with his wife Rennie Sparks, a fiction writer originally from Long Island. Brett persuaded Rennie to write lyrics for him, leading to the unusual and striking form of the Handsome Family's songs -- evocative scenes and brief tales (of both the daydream and ghost story varieties) in lieu of the standard verse-chorus-verse structure.

http://www.pineboxserenade.com/ wrote:
Pinebox Serenade draws influence from the general demeanor of Texas along with Texan music influences including Slobberbone and Centromatic. Add a traditional touch in the vein of Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, or Richard Buckner, with the depth and instrumentation of The Pogues and you have the formula for the unique goth-grass/ Americana sound of Pinebox Serenade.

http://www.last.fm/music/Hackensaw+Boys wrote:The Hackensaw Boys first began playing their joyful blend of old-time and bluegrass-tinged string-band music on the streets of Charlottesville in the autumn of 1999. Far from limiting themselves to the old-time canon, however, the Hackensaws have been first and foremost a band of songwriters. Their music, while drawing upon the spirit of the mountains, is sophisticated and informed by the best elements of punk rock and classic country music. As one reviewer put it: “Imagine the Carter Family meets the Ramones and you begin to get the picture.”

http://www.last.fm/music/Jayke+Orvis wrote:A founding member of The .357 String Band, a current member of the Goddamn Gallows & one hell of an original talent, Jayke Orvis is ahead of his time even though he plays timeless music. The songs he has written are all articles of the heart, he exposes himself on this album as a fragile, troubled soul. His depictions of love are raw and blue, the pages of his life are littered throughout this album. When he wrote it, I doubt very much that he was trying to come up with a concept or make a statement.

Jayke Orvis is an honest writer and he makes real music. With a million regurgitated efforts, copy cats & billy musicians, “Roots Music suffers from over-saturation these days, thank god someone’s doing it up right.

http://www.last.fm/music/Earthscraper wrote:Some say the wind blew the tower down, some say fire. Either way, the stones used to reach the heavens were pulled back to where they were dug. When the bison reach the cliff, where the decoy is hiding, the herd falls to its death: an uprooted giant face-down, violently twisted like a fallen king. This is the meaning of the phrase “winds of trouble”. Building down, wind and fire, mystic and severe. Earthscraper offers no heavenly ambition.

http://www.last.fm/music/Rob+Coffinshaker wrote:Also known as Rob Stringburner from Gehennah. The frontman for the Vampire Country group The Coffinshakers

lfmmdf wrote:

http://www.last.fm/music/Rob+Coffinshaker wrote:Also known as Rob Stringburner from Gehennah. The frontman for the Vampire Country group The Coffinshakers

innocent76 wrote:

lfmmdf wrote:

http://www.last.fm/music/Rob+Coffinshaker wrote:Also known as Rob Stringburner from Gehennah. The frontman for the Vampire Country group The Coffinshakers

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Wylie_Hubbard wrote:Ray Wylie Hubbard (born November 13, 1946 in Soper, Oklahoma) is a Texas Country singer and songwriter

http://store.aquariumsmusic.com/album/dark-age-of-reason wrote:The follow up companion to "Heartache Is A Four Letter Word" is a five track EP comprised of the darker, more brooding compositions written by Schneider. These songs were fleshed out with the help of his wife Elizabeth and mandolinist Mark Connolly. "Take Aim," the first track on "Dark Age Of Reason," was actually written on the same day as "Heartache Is A Four Letter Word," and speaks from a different part of Schneider's writing.

http://danieldyeandthemrb1.bandcamp.com/album/blinded-again-2 wrote:Daniel Dye writes "powerful short stories through simply beautiful lyrics" (WYSO Public Radio) and this "extraordinary singer-songwriter" and the classically-trained Miller Road Band have an "Americana/Folk/Roots" sound that "takes you back in time" (Buckeye Music Magazine)

http://www.hybridmagazine.com/reviews/0302/deadman.shtml wrote:If there’s one word than can sum up the tunes on Paramour, it’s "sincere". The emoting seems genuine, both lyrically and musically. It may be easy to consider Paramour a single song broken into 11 different parts, because you’ll be hard pressed to find a more consistent piece of work. I can handle an hour-long song as long as it’s good and there’s no doubt that Paramour is good.

http://www.last.fm/music/Antic+Clay wrote:Michael Bradley (aka Antic Clay) started the southern-gothic band Myssouri in Atlanta, Georgia in 1996.

When Myssouri disbanded in 2003, Michael Bradley adopted the name Antic Clay and traveled to a friend’s studio in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. From these sessions comes the audacious double-cd debut “Hilarious Death Blues”, a title inspired, like the pseudonym Antic Clay, by the dark westerns of reknowned American novelist Cormac McCarthy.

http://www.last.fm/music/Fred+Eaglesmith wrote:Fred Eaglesmith (born as Frederick Elgersma on July 9, 1957 in Caistor Centre, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. Some of his albums have been credited to Fred J. Eaglesmith. Eaglesmith was one of nine children of an immigrant family from the Dutch province Friesland and raised in rural Southern Ontario. As a teenager, he hopped a freight train out to Western Canada, and began writing songs and performing. He is known for writing songs about machines or vehicles, including songs about trains, tractors, trucks, cars, and engines.

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Lancaster+Orchestra wrote:The Lancaster Orchestra is the brainchild of singer/songwriter Calle Mathson, living in Malmö, Sweden. What started out as a duo a few years back with a friend from his home town has taken many twists and turns over the years, today the Orchestra is a little bit more of a band, but with Calle as the permanent core and members fluctuating slightly from time to time.

http://www.reverbnation.com/vivalevox wrote:Viva Le Vox is an experimental punk rock roots band from Lake Worth, Florida. The influences are diverse, though the most predominant are early 20th century jazz, 1950s Rock-n-Roll, and 1970s punk rock. The music has been described as a mix between Gogol Bordello and Tom Waits, or Django Reinhardt meets The Clash- either way a gypsy jazz punk rock-n-roll stew no matter which part of the last century you're familiar with.