Friday, November 16, 2012

Karen Miller UK radio play for 'Strangers to Themselves'

www.tapecircle.co.uk/spydaradio/tmtht.xml The Miller Tells Her Tale radio podcast Americana, folk and country music show featuring independent musicians from all over the world. The show is presented by Karen Miller and is updated most weekends. AJ Downing: The Other Cheek (Good Day,Charkansas Records)Dolly Varden: Why Why Why (For A While,self-released)Buddy Miller: Why Baby Why (feat. Marc Ribot) (The Majestic Silver Strings,New West)Ron Sexsmith: The Reason Why (Long Player Late Bloomer,Cooking Vinyl)Old Tire Swingers: Grab Your Bottle (Old Tire Swingers,self-released)Rob Heron and the Tea Pad Orchestra: Hangover Blues (Money Isn t Everything,self-released)Liam Fitzgerald and The Rainieros: You Can Call Me Crazy (Anytime) (Last Call,self-released)Rod Picott: Still I Want You Bad (Welding Burns,Welding Rod Records)Punch Brothers: Don't Get Married Without Me (Live atthe Fillmore,self-released)Alexander Wolfe: In Broad Daylight (Skeletons,Dharma Records)Carrie Rodriguez: Cortez The Killer (Music is Love - CSN&Y Tribute,Route 61 Music / Hemifran)Michael McDermott & Heather Horton: Southern Cross (Music is Love - CSN&Y Tribute,Route 61 Music / Hemifran)Crosby Stills Nash & Young: Teach Your Children (Deja Vu,Atlantic)Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson: Troubled Mind (Wreck and Ruin,Sugar Hill)Matraca Berg: Her Name is Mary (Love s Truck Stop,Proper Records)Jess Klein: Simple Love (Behind a Veil,self-released)Wanda Jackson: What Do You Do When You're Lonesome (Unfinished Business,Sugar Hill)The Time Jumpers: Nothing But The Blues (The Time Jumpers,Rounder)Ben Bedford: Cloudless (What We Lost,Waterbug)State of the Union: King of America (Rent EP,Reveal Records)Mary Gauthier: Blood is Blood (Live at Blue Rock,Proper Records)Patrick Crowson: Strangers to Themselves (A Mile Past the Deadend,self-released)Rich Mahan: The Hills of South Dakota (Blame Bobby Bare,Snortin Horse Records)Police Dog Hogan: The More Things Change (From the Land of Miracles,self-released)Grant Langston: The Honky Tonk Special (Working Until I Die,MSG Records)MC Hansen: Where The Secrets Grow (3,Sentimental Music)Vera van Heeringen: The Owl Returns (Standing Tall,Root Beat Records)Forest Sun: Untethered Heart (Just Begun,Painted Sun)Annie Gallup: Careless Lover (Little Five Points,Waterbug)Nicole Maguire: Hard Love (What You Really Mean,Independent Records Ltd)Shawn Colvin: All Fall Down (All Fall Down,Nonesuch Records) Media files millerbb_433.mp3 (MP3 Format Sound, 56.0 MB)

NME Music Video page

Strangers to Themselves showed up today on NME's Music video page. Huh. www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/8djUuiLbfZo

Monday, November 5, 2012

Radio Play on WQNY EuroRadio

The Jane Weber Show EuroRadio, Saturday, November 3, 2012 AL ROSE – On The Shelf Sad Go Lucky (Monkey Holding Peach Records) PATRICK CROWSON – High Stakes A Mile Past The Dead End (J.Allen Production) MARCI GELLER – Gotta Love That Man Open Book (Sonic Underground) KATHY MATTEA – A Far Cry Calling Me Home (Sugar Hill) ROBERT MORGAN FISHER – Angel Within Notes For A Novel (Fort Knox Music/Self) CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST – Red Prairie Dawn Our Lady of the Tall Trees (self) HAT CHECK GIRL – Cape Rouge Road to Red Point (Waterbug) BOB DYLAN – If Not for You New Morning (Columbia) RAYNA GELLERT – Nothing Old Light: Songs from my Childhood & Other Gone Worlds (StorySound Records) BLACK PRAIRIE – Richard Manuel A Tear in the Eye is a Wound in the Heart (Sugar Hill) THE BAND – Whispering Pines The Band (Capitol) THE WILDERNESS OF MANITOBA – Northern Drives Island of Echoes (Pheromone) ANNE HILLS with TOM PAXTON – Early Snow The Things I Notice Now: Anne Mills Sings the Songs of Tom Paxton (Appleseed Music) ellen cherry – 1983: A Secret (New) Years (Wrong Size Shoes) ANNIE LOU – Don’t You Know Boy Grandma’s Rules for Drinking (self) Annabelle Chvostek Ensemble – Rise Rise (Borealis) Annabelle Chvostek – Fox Tail In-studio Annabelle Chvostek – Do You Think You’re Right? (Jesus Camp) In-studio JOEL RAFAEL – Runaway Girl America Come Home (Inside Recordings) JORY NASH – An Old Invitation Little Pilgrim (Thin Man Records) THE BARRA MACNEILS w/ ARCHIE FISHER & JAMES KEELAGHAN – Strange Lover is a Coal Mine The Celtic Colours Sessions (self) FOGHORN STRINGBAND – Come All You Virginia Gals Outshine the Sun (self) AMELIA CURRAN – Face On the News In-studio AMELIA CURRAN – Blackbird On Fire In-studio AMELIA CURRAN – What Will You Be Building Spectators (Six Shooter Records) TRENT SEVERN – Bluenose on a Dime Trent Severn (Outside) ANDREW CALHOUN – The Scyther Tiger Tattoo (Waterbug) DANA AND SUSAN ROBINSON – Fashioned of the Clay American Hornpipe (self) THE STRAY BIRDS – Give That Wildman a Knife/Bellows Falls/Waitin’ On a Hannah The Stray Birds (self)

Friday, November 2, 2012

Leicester Bangs Blog Review

...'when he hits his stride he's damn near irresistible!'.....
http://leicesterbangs.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/review-patrick-crowson-mile-past-dead.html Leicester Bangs This is the Leicester Bangs Blog - check regularly for arts and music news, occasional previews and lots of reviews. Friday, 2 November 2012 Review: Patrick Crowson – A Mile Past The Dead End Patrick Crowson – A Mile Past The Dead End (Hop Hollow Music) Insurgent country troubadour Patrick Crowson is a musical man of mystery. Well, maybe he’s not, but whatever I read about him, wherever I read it, I don’t come out the other side any the wiser. “A Mile Past The Dead End” is his third album of rootsy singer-songwriter fare, and fortunately, everything you need to know about the man can be found in these silver grooves. His sound falls somewhere between the broken country heartbreak of the late great TVZ and contemporary performers such as Israel Nash Gripka and Simone Felice. That’s no bad place to be, and when he hits his stride here, on songs like “Guitar Strings”, the Dylan-esque “Laurence of New Jersey” or the wayward “Mark the Drifter” he’s damn near irresistible. Needless to say, he’s best taken with strong drink. www.patrickcrowson.com www.facebook.com/PatrickCrowson www.patrickcrowson.bandcamp.com Rob F. Patrick Crowson: A Mile Past the Deadend

Sunday, October 28, 2012

New York Roots Radio Airplay Chart

rootsmusicreport.com/index.php?page=statechart&state=NY #63
What is roots music report? Roots Music Report compiles radio airplay data reported online from radio station DJ's around the globe that play all forms of roots music, so that each week you can see which independent artists are being played the most on these stations. Only the music matters. Ranking: Artist: CD Title: Label: Genre: 1 SHEMEKIA COPELAND 33 1/3 TELARC BLUES 2 MICHAEL BRAM SUITCASE IN THE HALL SWINGNATION / VIZZTONE BLUES 3 MARCI GELLER OPEN BOOK SELF FOLK 4 MISSLESS AND THE TALKBACKS SWEET TALK SIGNATURE SOUNDS TRUECOUNTRY 5 THE CHRIS O'LEARY BAND WAITING FOR THE PHONE TO RING FIDELLIS / VIZZTONE BLUES 6 GATHERING TIME RED APPLES AND GOLD INSPIRELINE / TREBLE-G FOLK 7 BOBTOWN TROUBLE I WROUGHT SELF FOLK 8 WARREN HAYNES MAN IN MOTION STAX BLUES 9 KATI MAC SAVE ME FROM MYSELF BABY MUNSTA ROCK 10 DAVEY O TESTING FOR RUST SELF FOLK 11 BURNS & KRISTY CARAVAN SELF COUNTRY 12 GIBSON BROTHERS HELP MY BROTHER COMPASS BLUEGRASS 13 THE GIBSON BROTHERS RED LETTER DAY SUGAR HILL BLUEGRASS 14 DAVE FIELDS DETONATION FIELDS OF ROSES BLUES 15 ED CHERRY IT'S ALL GOOD POSI-TONE JAZZ 16 JOAN OSBORNE BRING IT ON HOME SAGUARO ROAD RECORDS BLUES 17 WARREN HAYNES BAND LIVE AT THE MOODY THEATER STAX / CONCORD BLUES 18 ANNA DAGMAR SATELLITE SELF FOLK 19 ED BYRNE'S LATIN JAZZ EVOLUTION CONQUISTADOR BLUE TRUFFLE MUSIC JAZZ 20 FREELANCE WHALES DILUVIA MOM + POP COUNTRY 21 ANDREA BRACHFELD LADY OF THE ISLAND ZOHO JAZZ 22 DION TANK FULL OF BLUES BLUE HORIZON BLUES 23 THE WIYOS TWIST SELF COUNTRY 24 LEWIS NASH QUINTET THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN CELLAR LIVE JAZZ 25 RUSS NOLAN TELL ME RHINOCERUSS MUSIC JAZZ 26 MACEO PARKER SOUL CLASSICS RAZOR & TIE JAZZ 27 RED MOLLY LIGHT IN THE SKY SELF FOLK 28 KARL SHIFLETT & BIG COUNTRY SHOW TAKE ME BACK PINECASTLE BLUEGRASS 29 BOBBY SANABRIA BIG BAND MULTIVERSE JAZZHEADS JAZZ 30 GREG LEWIS ORGAN MONK - UWO IN THE BLACK SELF JAZZ 31 ANAT COHEN CLAROSCURO ANZIC JAZZ 32 THE DAMNWELLS NO ONE LISTENS TO THE BAND ANYMORE POOR MAN / PLEDGE MUSIC ROCK 33 D.B. RIELLY LOVE POTIONS AND SNAKE OIL SHUT UP & PLAY ROCK 34 DEREK AND THE DOMINOS LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS - DELUXE EDITION POLYDOR/UME ROCK 35 VARIOUS ARTISTS WARREN HAYNES PRESENTS THE BENEFIT CONCERT, VOL. 4 EVIL TEEN BLUES 36 SWEET SUZI & SUGAFIXX SHE'S A LIVE ONE SF BLUES 37 RONI BEN-HUR & SANTI DEBRIANO OUR THING MOT�MA JAZZ 38 JEFF COFFIN & THE MU'TET INTO THE AIR EAR UP JAZZ 39 GRUPO LOS SANTOS CLAVE HEART OA2 JAZZ 40 DAN BLOCK DUALITY MILES HIGH JAZZ 41 MARC JOHNSON / ELIANE ELIAS SWEPT AWAY ECM JAZZ 42 FERENC NEMETH TRIUMPH DREAMERS COLLECTIVE JAZZ 43 THE CITY BOYS ALLSTARS WHEN YOU NEEDED ME CITY BOYS MIKE BLUES 44 RED MOLLY NEVER BEEN TO VEGAS SELF FOLK 45 ANNA DAGMAR LET THE WAVES COME IN THREES SELF FOLK 46 ERIC BIBB BOOKER'S GUITAR TELARC BLUES 47 THE WOOD BROTHERS SMOKE RING HALO SOUTHERN GROUND ROCK 48 BEN WILLIAMS STATE OF ART CONCORD JAZZ 49 MIKE COTTONE JUST REMEMBER SELF JAZZ 50 PONCHO SANCHEZ AND TERENCE BLANCHARD CHANO Y DIZZY! CONCORD PICANTE JAZZ 51 HOUSTON PERSON SO NICE HIGH NOTE JAZZ 52 ERIC BIBB DEEPER IN THE WELL STONY PLAIN BLUES 53 STEVE TURRE WOODY'S DELIGHT HIGHNOTE JAZZ 54 MIKE STERN ALL OVER THE PLACE HEADS UP JAZZ 55 THE GRAND SLAMBOVIANS THE GRAND SLAMBOVIANS HIGH NOON ROCK 56 DAFNIS PRIETO PROVERB TRIO SELF JAZZ 57 GANDALF MURPHY & THE SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF DREAMS LIVE AT THE PUPPET HOUSE HIGH NOON ROCK 58 LIONEL LOUEKE HERITAGE BLUE NOTE JAZZ 59 CAITLIN CANTY GOLDEN HOUR SELF FOLK 60 BEKA GOCHIASHVILI BEKA EXITUS JAZZ 61 NATIVE SOUL ONE MIND AMERICAN SHOWPLACE MUSIC JAZZ 62 ERIC LEE FIDDLIN' ERIC LEE PLAYS THE VIOLON SELF FOLK 63 PATRICK CROWSON A MILE PAST THE DEAD END SELF FOLK For the Week of October 26, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Ctrl.Alt.Country E-zine

PATRICK CROWSON “A Mile Past The Dead End” (Hop Hollow Music) (3,5****) Moet je dit nu alt. country noemen, alternatieve folk of toch maar gewoon Lo-Fi? Ik zou het bij God niet weten… Maar wat ik ondertussen wel weet, is dat deze Crowson een verdomd goede songwriter is. Eentje die duidelijk opvalt in het nog alle dagen flink uitdijende peloton gevuld met “zingende auteurs”. Nochtans brengt hij zijn liedjes veelal zo goed als spiernaakt. De eigen stem en een akoestische gitaar volstaan dan. En als er toch al eens wat hulp van buitenaf mag komen, dan is die steeds weer van Josh “J.” Allen. Die tekende niet enkel voor de productie van “A Mile Past The Dead End”, maar leverde ook wat gezongen bijstand en occasioneel bijdragen op onder meer gitaar, harmonica, ukelele en orgel. Meermaals dwaalden mijn gedachten bij het beluisteren van de elf hier door Crowson gebrachte liedjes af richting de vroege Dylan en de late Van Zandt. En af en toe ook wel eens tot bij Will Oldham of Grant-Lee Phillips. Maar die namen mogen dan wel enkel dienen als referentiepunten, want deze Crowson is wel degelijk een “original”. Zijn vaak tergend langzame en niet zelden ook erg lange liedjes lijken me vooral dienst te doen als vehikels voor zijn buitengewoon knappe teksten. Die komen door ’s mans aanpak alleszins in het absolute middelpunt van de belangstelling te staan. En ook het feit dat hij ze met z’n zwaar melancholische stem meer declameert dan zingt, draagt daar nog toe bij. Die modus operandi maakt, dat je als luisteraar zo goed als voortdurend aan z’n lippen blijft hangen. Het houdt je als het ware bij de les! En dat is nodig ook, want Crowsons teksten vergen een serieuze luisterinspanning van een mens. Een bepaald veeleisend klein juweeltje, zeg maar… Patrick Crowson, CD Baby
www.ctrlaltcountry.be/Pagina1.htm PATRICK Crowson "A Mile Past The Dead End" (Hops Hollow Music) (3.5 ****) Should you do this alt. country name, alternative folk or maybe just Lo-Fi? I would to God do not know ... But what I do know now is that this Crowson a damn good songwriter. One that stands out clearly in the still considerably expanding every day pack filled with singing "authors". However he brings his songs usually as good as naked. The voice and an acoustic guitar than suffice. And if there is already something outside help may come, then that continually of Josh "J." Allen. Which drew not only for the production of "A Mile Past The Dead End", but also contributed some vocals and occasional assistance contributions include guitar, harmonica, ukulele and organ. Several times my thoughts wandered while listening to the eleven songs here Crowson put off towards the early Dylan and the late Van Zandt. And occasionally also called up by Will Oldham or Grant-Lee Phillips. But those names may or merely serve as reference, because this Crowson is indeed an "original". Are often painfully slow and often very long songs seem to me mainly to serve as vehicles for his extremely clever lyrics. That come through the man's approach at least in the absolute center of attention. And also the fact that he did with his heavy melancholic voice recites more than sings, still contributes to this. That modus operandi is that the listener almost constantly on his lips stuck. It keeps you as it were on the ball! And that is necessary, because Crow Sons texts require a serious listening effort of a man. A certain demanding little gem, say ... Patrick Crowson , CD Baby

Friday, October 19, 2012

Alt Country Review by John Gjaltema!

www.altcountry.nl/blog/2012/10/patrick-crowson-2/ hit the translate button on bottom
Patrick Crowson Opgeslagen in: RECENSIES — John Gjaltema @ 23:07 Van de elf nummers op A Mile Past The Dead End (eigen beheer) van Patrick Crowson duren er zes langer dan zeseneenhalve minuut. High Stakes gaat zelfs ruimschoots door de grens van tien minuten. Duren die nummers zo lang omdat de Amerikaan doodlopende wegen inrijdt? Nou nee, maar als je over Strangers To Ourselves zingt, dan ben je er niet zomaar met een paar vluchtige woorden en een couplet ter overbrugging. Om de ziel te benaderen heb je wel wat meer woorden nodig. Dringt Crowson door tot de ziel? Nou, dat hangt een beetje van de luisteraar af. Staat die open voor de trage sfeertekeningen of niet? Kan die wat met de verwarring waar Crowson het over heeft? Laat die zich niet afschrikken door de angst en de pijn die hier tot uiting komen? Death Registers / A vague uneasiness / Through the nose the spider threads Hell’s screen / I been thinking about God lately / But I don’t think he’s been thinking about me … Don’t know why I should feel so uneasy / Gonna ask Him the first time He sees me / But I’m afraid he got no answer for me. Net als bij Finito La Comedia (zie recensie) roept dit beelden op die passen bij het werk van Robert Frank, Jack Kerouac, Dennis Hopper of Hunter S. Thompson. Dwarse kunstenaars, geen meelopers. Crowson (gitaar, zang) nam het album weer op met Josh Allen (gitaar, mondharmonica, ukelele, orgel, footstomping en bottle). De werkelijk schitterende hoes is het werk van Andy Moreno. Verkrijgbaar bij CD Baby. Reactie (1) Reageren » marco 19/10/2012 Permalink Fijne cd. Heb hem ook ontvangen.

Highway 61 Radio Play - Italian Radio

www.highway61.it/Highway61/Playlists%206/04.10.2012
Playlist Back 1. Jimmy La Fave – Depending On The Distance (Music Road) http://jimmylafave.com 2. J.J. Walker – Live From Dixie’s Bar & Bus Stop (Red General Catalog) www.jerryjeff.com 3. Brian Kalinec – The Fence (Berkalin) www.brainkalinec.com 4. Don Williams – And So It Goes (Sugar Hill) www.sugarhillrecords.com 5. Lonesome River Band – Chronology Volume 2 (Rural Rhythm) www.ruralrhythm.com 6. David Greenberg & Harpeth Rising – The End Of The World (Grimm Rising) www.harpethrising.com 7. Mojo Stu – Wild About My Baby (Mudbone) www.mojostu.com 8. John Fries – U.S. 50 (John Fries) http://johnfriesmusic.com 9. Steve Mednick – Two Days After Yesterday (Prospect Hill Words & Music) www.stevemednick.com 10. The David Latto Band – The David Latto Band (DLB) www.thedavidlattoband.com/ 11. Patrick Crowson – A Mile Past The Dead End (Patrick Crowson) www.patrickcrowson.com 12. VV.AA. – Make It Your Sound, Make It Your Scene: Vanguard Records & The 1960’2 Music (Vanguard) http://acerecords.co.uk 13. Zac Harmon – Music Is Medicine (Urban Eagle) www.zacharmon.com 14. Ari Borger Quartet – Back To The Blues (ST2) www.ariborger.com 15. Stan Martin – Distilled Influences (Twangtone) www.stanmartin.com 16. Deborah Shulman & Larry Zalkind – Lost In The Stars: The Music Of Weill, Bernstein & Sondheim (Summit) www.deborahshulman.com 17. Dave Hardin – Miles Of Nowhere (Ride) www.riderecords.com 18. Sweet Potato Pie – Brand New Day (Mountain Fever) www.mountainfever.com 19. Michael “Iron Man” Burks – Show Of Strenght (Alligator) www.alligator.com 20. The Hardchargers – Bumpin’ And Grdini’ EP (THC) www.reverbnation.com/thehardchargers 21. Kevin Brown – The Beloved One (Kevin Brown) www.brownknows.com

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Countrywood Review by Georg Ryttman

www.countrywood.se/NewsFrameSet.htm
This is not a great review. A four beer rating, which is acceptable.
(Georg compares Patrick to a young Bob Dylan and Neil Young and says the focus is on the lyrics, which is true)- then he calls the record a sleeping pill. New York-bon (Brooklyn) Patrick Crowson lirar americana åt folkmusikhållet och bjuder på såväl slidegitarr och fingerspel som bluesharmonier på munspelet. Med sig på skivan har han som gästartist J. Allen, som också har producerat albumet och med vilken han varit ute och delat scen under turnénamnet "Brooklyn Dark Folk & Bedroom Epic". Sångerna på A Mile Past The Dead End hanterar ämnen om både förluster och hopp. Det är mestadels en lågmäld skiva, där texterna är det centrala. Patrick Crowsons röstläge ligger i linje med en yngre Bob Dylan och låtarna får en stundtals att tänka på både Dylan och Neil Young, men Patrick Crowson behåller i det stora hela sin särprägel. Ibland låter Patricks röst lite smått gnällig när han sjunger, som på ”High stakes”. Omslaget till skivan är väldigt fattig på information och inte ens låtarnas titlar står. Det gör de heller inte på själva skivan. De elva spåren håller dock på i en dryg timme sammanlagt. Musiken går aldrig riktigt igång och man tappar emellanåt koncentrationen.En del låtar är rejält sega, men det finns också partier i låtarna som känns mer relevanta. Sångerna på A Mile Past The Dead End förmår inte att greppa tag om lyssnaren, utan de avlöser varandra i bakgrunden en efter en. Visst hittar man några små detaljer som gör att man rätar på sig för att höra om det kan vara något, men det mesta blir ett sömnpiller. Georg Ryttman

Saturday, September 22, 2012

ROOTS REVIVAL CD OF THE WEEK 9/9

2012 week 1/2 to 1/8 : The Five And Dimers(Quarter Of A Tank) week 1/9 to 1/15 : Calico Moon(When Love Comes Around) week 1/16 to 1/22 : Rosanne Drucker(Red Charger) week 1/23 to 1/29 :James Scott Bullard(The Rise and Fall) week 1/30 to 2/5 : Cirijaye(Red Flowers) week 2/6 to 2/12 : Carolann Ames(Laurel Canyon Road) week 2/13 to 2/19 : Billy Don Burns(Nights When I'm Sober) week 2/20 to 2/26 : The Minor Planets(Shadow In The Water) week 2/27 to 3/4 : Randy Thompson(Collected) week 3/5 to 3/11 : Bob Woodruff(The Lost Kerosene Tapes 1999) week 3/12 to 3/18 : Milkwood Dreamers(Hellfire & Bone) week 3/19 to 3/25 : Scotty Alan(Wreck And The Mess) week 3/26 to 4/1 : Walter Rose(Cast Your Stone) week 4/2 to 4/8 : Tom Kell(This Desert City) week 4/9 to 4/15 : Kate Campbell(1000 Pound Machine) week 4/16 to 4/22 : Dean Owens(New York Hummingbird) week 4/23 to 4/29 : Miss Quincy(Like The Devil Does) week 4/30 to 5/6 : Greg Schroeder(Greg Schroeder) week 5/7 to 5/13 : Six Mile Grove(Secret Life In a Quiet Town) week 5/14 to 5/20 : Katy Boyd & Marty Atkinson(Blue Cactus Choir) week 5/21 to 5/27 : Greg Schroeder(Songs For A Bluebird) week 5/28 to 6/3 : Hellcat Susie(Off The Wagon) week 6/4 to 6/10 : The Deep Dark Woods(The Place I Left Behind) week 6/11 to 6/17 : Jeff Larson(The World Over) week 6/18 to 6/24 : CS Nielsen(Man Of The Fall) week 6/ 25 to 7/1 : Waz E James(Noisy Trucks) and on playlist this week! http://rootsrevival.webklik.nl/page/cd-of-the-week
week 7/2 to 7/8 : Susan Cattaneo(Little Big Sky) week 7/9 to 7/15 : Al Rose(Sad Go Lucky) week 7:16 to 7/22 : Arthur Alligood(One Silver Needle) week 7/23 to 7/29 : Rob Baird(I Swear It's The Truth) week 7/30 to 8/4 : Walt Wilkins(Plenty) week 9/2 to 9/8 : Anna Coogan and Daniele Fiaschi(The Nowhere Rome Session) week 9/9 to 9/15 : Patrick Crowson(A Mile Past The Dead End) week 9/16 to 9/22 : Cris Cuddy(The Boy From Beaumont) week 9/23 to 9/29 : Whispering Pines(Whispering Pines) week 9/30 to 10/6 : Jimmi Lafave(Depending On The Distance)

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Three Chords and the Truth UK Review by David Hughes

threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2012/09/patrick-crowson-mile-past-deadend-hop Wednesday, 19 September 2012 Patrick Crowson - A Mile Past The Deadend Hop Hollow Music Patrick Crowson certainly doesn’t do things in small measures and shows no fear in going intensely down his chosen route. The eleven tracks on his latest album release A MILE PAST THE DEADEND take around an energy sapping 70 minutes to evolve and while there are glimpses of merit in the soft dry melancholic sound from his guitar, you are left waiting for that stand out track to make true connection. There are elements of the album where you get mesmerised by the hook of the relaxing soothing sound but the intensity turns the listen into a demanding experience. A large dose of patience, stamina and a desire to uncover the next Dylan may be required to fully grasp the concept of this record. Originating from Illinois USA, the limited online presence of Crowson seems to be the domain of Swedish based backers Hemifran who have some very fine under rated US artists in their posse. There are ambitious references to Dylan, Kristofferson, Van Zandt and Newbury in his press and maybe Crowson is destined to follow the path of the latter two with a patient wait for recognition, although he hopes it won’t be post-humus. If there’s a hidden gem in this body of work, the depth is probably a little too buried for a casual listener, many of whom have drifted away by the time the third track finishes, 30 minutes into the album! On a positive note, you can envisage the live presence of Crowson, with his stripped down acoustic sound in an intimate setting, being an altogether different experience where you can get to know the artist and further grasp the intricacies of his passionate desire to interpret roots-influenced acoustic music. Also on track nine on the album, ‘Mark the Drifter’, there are significant gear changes in his vocal delivery that do give some welcome relief and a glimpse to what else he may have to offer. So while it is difficult to recommend this record on the basis of a couple of lengthy listens, you just never know that maybe one day we are returning to this body of work to uncover the roots of a genius, Just like we do with Townes Van Zandt and Mickey Newbury.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Laxmag Review and pictures by Rebecca Black

Monday, 17 September 2012 at 08:00 clock Under the heading Brooklyn Darkfolk & Bedroom Epics there were J. Allen, along his Brooklyn Sangeskollege Patrick Crowson and the Munich songwriter Fabio Russo and beschertem the audience an evening of the finest folk. In keeping with the title of the event, the venue was held: dark and dim. Sparse lighting with candles standing on the floor - you know the of Nirvana's Unplugged - and a series of small light-emitting elements, which together with a colorful medley of art covered the walls, this provided the bedroom romance. Amidst this shadowy arrangements played successively the three folk musicians. The term Darkfolk fit the evening most likely to occur at the beginning Patrick Crowson. He used the classical attributes of good folk music, guitar and voice. The latter is especially significant for Crowsons rather uneingängige title, because while they are sometimes almost unobtrusively class it alongside the guitar, then the singing wildly screwed up elsewhere, broke and scratched here and there, narrowly passing tones. So stretching was a wonderfully bizarre disharmony that resembled Weird folk greats like Bonnie 'Price' Billy. Less discord, albeit a little less crankiness and thus more conformism, was heard at the Munich Sangeskollegen Fabio Russo. Significantly more dreamy and melodic, it went to in his plays. A clear voice he played catchy folk-pop, which he partly vortug unreinforced and close to the audience. Although the saying "The Bucket List" and is also often worn not simply inaccurate, it aptly describes the music but evening. Because in the end was J. Allen. Wonderfully twisted and strangely fascinating presented itself to the musicians. To choppy, yes, almost quirky movements he managed most beautiful and atmospheric folk. It quickly became clear that Allen has a gift that many, if not most musicians going on: credibility. Feelings, whether despair, sadness or love landed unceremoniously at Publlikum which was released after nearly three hours in the night. Rebecca Black

Monday, September 10, 2012

Harksheide Posting and Review

A review and posting for our upcoming show at the Music Star Venue in Norderstedt Germany, Friday 9/21. Looks like it was written by Wolfgang Sedlatschek
PATRICK CROWSON (New York City) + Special Guest: J. ALLEN Originally from Missouri, manages the New York singer-songwriter Patrick Crowson its roots to wear a special way to the big city - for an inscrutable mixture of size, country traditions and urban retreat in silence surrounded his thrifty-instrumented and reduced Folk Pearls . In the verses, it smells pleasantly of whiskey and prairie - between the lines by inertia stabs a bitter aftertaste to the fast pace, and a chorus you look sometimes in vain - there are intricate poetry and laconic confessions, accompanied by finger picking, blues harp and bottle-neck guitars. Maybe that is the reason why traditionalists and fans of established story dishes like Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen could just get into a trance, like lovers of contemporary indie-folk and unconventional alt-country a la Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Bill Callahan and Richard Buckner. The online magazine Americana UK was already in the 2009 album 'Finito La Comedia' safe in his judgment: "Dark American folk, a voice hidden deep in the shadows (...) Midnight music, whatever time midnight is for you." His new album 'A Mile Past The Dead End' appears in mid-September in the self-distribution and is available for download at CD quality: http://patrickcrowson.bandcamp.com He is accompanied by his congenial friend, producer and fellow sufferers J. Allen, also from Brooklyn (www.jallenmusic.com) - the urban swirl on his solo debut 'Wonderland City' eyes, from home studio in his bedroom, to life outside the directed - and the sounds of New York has held in its atmospheric heartbreaking, epic folk songs about loss and hope. Brooklyn Dark Folk & Bedroom Epic Songwriters - PATRICK CROWSON (New York City) + Special Guest: J. ALLEN Ursprünglich aus Missouri, schafft es der New Yorker Singer-Songwriter Patrick Crowson seine Wurzeln auf besondere Weise in die Großstadt zu tragen - denn ein undurchschaubares Gemisch aus Weite, Country-Traditionen und urbanem Rückzug im Stillen umkreist seine sparsam-instrumentierten und reduzierten Folk-Perlen. In den Strophen riecht es wohlig nach Whiskey und Prärie – zwischen den Zeilen sticht durch Trägheit ein bitterer Beigeschmack der Schnelllebigkeit, und einen Refrain sucht man manchmal vergebens - dafür gibt es verworrene Poesie und lakonische Geständnisse, begleitet von Fingerpicking, Blues Harp und Bottle-Neck-Gitarren. Vielleicht ist das der Grund, warum Traditionalisten und Fans von etablierten Storytellern wie Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan oder Leonard Cohen genauso in Trance geraten könnten, wie Liebhaber von zeitgenössischem Indie-Folk und unkonventionellem Alt-Country à la Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Bill Callahan oder Richard Buckner. Das Online-Magazin Americana UK war bereits beim 2009er Album 'Finito La Comedia' sicher in seinem Urteil: "Dark American folk, a voice hidden deep in the shadows (...) Midnight music, whatever time midnight is for you." Sein neues Album 'A Mile Past The Dead End' erscheint ab Mitte September im Eigenvertrieb und ist als Download in CD-Qualität verfügbar: http://patrickcrowson.bandcamp.com Begleitet wird er von seinem kongenialen Freund, Produzenten und Leidensgenossen J. Allen, ebenfalls aus Brooklyn (www.jallenmusic.com) – der auf seinem Solodebüt 'Wonder City' den Blick, vom Heimstudio in seinem Schlafzimmer aus, auf das Leben außerhalb des Großstadtstrudels richtet – und dabei die Geräusche New Yorks atmosphärisch in seinen herzzereißenden, epischen Folksongs über den Verlust und die Hoffnung festgehalten hat. Google English Translation: Brooklyn Dark Folk & Bedroom Epic Songwriters - PATRICK CROWSON (New York City) + Special Guest: J. ALLEN Originally from Missouri, manages the New York singer-songwriter Patrick Crowson its roots to wear a special way to the big city - for an inscrutable mixture of size, country traditions and urban retreat in silence surrounded his thrifty-instrumented and reduced Folk Pearls . In the verses, it smells pleasantly of whiskey and prairie - between the lines by inertia stabs a bitter aftertaste to the fast pace, and a chorus you look sometimes in vain - there are intricate poetry and laconic confessions, accompanied by finger picking, blues harp and bottle-neck guitars. Maybe that is the reason why traditionalists and fans of established story dishes like Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen could just get into a trance, like lovers of contemporary indie-folk and unconventional alt-country a la Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Bill Callahan and Richard Buckner. The online magazine Americana UK was already in the 2009 album 'Finito La Comedia' safe in his judgment: "Dark American folk, a voice hidden deep in the shadows (...) Midnight music, whatever time midnight is for you." His new album 'A Mile Past The Dead End' appears in mid-September in the self-distribution and is available for download at CD quality: http://patrickcrowson.bandcamp.com He is accompanied by his congenial friend, producer and fellow sufferers J. Allen, also from Brooklyn (www.jallenmusic.com) - the urban swirl on his solo debut 'Wonderland City' eyes, from home studio in his bedroom, to life outside the directed - and the sounds of New York has held in its atmospheric heartbreaking, epic folk songs about loss and hope.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

DC Rock Live - Review by David Hintz

PATRICK CROWSON "A MILE PAST THE DEAD END" Eleven songs of loner folk music here. Normally it is called 'loner stoner' folk music, but there seems to be more of a sober clarity here. Only the artist knows for sure, but at any rate, there certainly is plaintive lonesome singing atop guitars, distant harmonicas, and bottleneck chords sliding off deep into the desert horizon. The vocal work is different, but I get the same general vibe that I get when I hear Baltimore's Red Sammy. The moody world created here stays in a hazy focus throughout the eleven songs. My only issue may be the steadiness of it all. It's like a long drawn out passage in a Sergio Leone film, that while may be ten times as long as comparable scenes, but lacks the uptempo change of pace at the scene's end. But I still find lots of colorful moments in this album.The album has a bit of a collage puzzle where I believe the song names are present. So I will skip the individual songs but recommend a listen for loner folk fans. August 2012 Reviews

Monday, August 27, 2012

Jango Airplay: Jango Airplay Top 10

Patrick makes the Top 10 Jango Airplay list again this month. Jango Airplay: Jango Airplay Top 10: Patrick Crowson Michael Wark Aron Seals ...

Monday, August 20, 2012

Random ITunes Comment

Saints by Patrick Crowson Off the self titled debut album by Pete of The Petes I came across the song Saints while looking for M. Ward videos on youtube. It made me feel something instantly and so I pursued it. One of the greatest things in music is when you cannot tell how old the artist is because the songs, the feelings, and the experiences, are so true to life that they are universal. Thank you for your music. -Pete of The Petes

Monday, August 6, 2012

Muziekvenster Review

Muziekvenster A Review (albeit the shortest) by Gerrit Vermeij.
Patrick Crowson- A Mile Past The Dead End 6-8-2012 22:31:30 Alternatieve americana / folk singer-songwriter Patrick Crowson -'A Mile Past The Dead End' die momenteel zijn dagen slijt in Brooklyn, New York - is een vlijtige student geweest in de school van Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash en voornamelijk toch Townes Van Zandt. Met minimalistische begeleiding van zijn akoestische of elektrische gitaar . English translation: Alternative americana / folk singer-songwriter Patrick Crowson - "A Mile Past The Dead End 'currently spends his days in Brooklyn, New York - is a diligent student been in the school of Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and mostly still Townes Van Zandt. With minimalist accompaniment of his acoustic or electric guitar.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

'Strangers to Themselves' RADIO PLAY ON RADIOGIRL/DOLLARD RADIO - Oldambt, The Netherlands Johanna J. bodde
www.insurgentcountry.net www.dutchrootsradio.com/interest.htm RADIOGIRL on Dollard Radio - Oldambt, The Netherlands Host/Producer/Engineer: Johanna J. Bodde > *today with help from the guys in the radio van, thanks!!* Available via live-stream at www.dollardradio.nl - Saturdays 15h00-17h00 local time Fine music 24/7 at www.songcraftradio.com Archive at www.insurgentcountry.net --- Playlist July 28th, 2012 --- Artist/Group, "Song"; Album (Label) Matt Harlan & The Sentimentals, "Bow And Be Simple"; Bow And Be Simple (Berkalin Records/Sonic RendezVous) The Flatlanders, "Dallas"; The Odessa Tapes (New West Records/Rough Trade) The Mastersons, "Money"; Birds Fly South (New West Records/Rough Trade) Jon Dee Graham, "Where Were Your Friends?"; Garage Sale (Blue Rose Records/Sonic RendezVous) Interview by Erik Glazenburg with *Tom Rodwell & Coco Davis* (part one) J. Allen [aka Josh Allen of Meanwhiles], "Radio Tower"; Wonder City (Duct Tape Productions, www.jallenmusic.com) Patrick Crowson, "Strangers To Themselves"; A Mile Past The Dead End (Hop Hollow Music, www.patrickcrowson.com) 'Vinyl Victory': Dave Alvin w/ Katy Moffatt, "Border Radio"; Every Night About This Time (Demon Records/Line Music) **LP* ** Omar & The Howlers, "Let Me Hold You"; I'm Gone (Big Guitar Music/Sonic RendezVous) Cee Cee James, "Cover Me With Love"; Blood Red Blues (FWG Records/Sonic RendezVous) Don Haynie & Sheryl Samuel w/ Professor Louie Hurwitz, "You Don't Know A Dancer When You See One"; Here In America (HardPressed Records, www.haynieandsamuel.com) Johan Örjansson, "Pointless Alleys"; Melancholic Melodies For Broken Times (Rootsy/Sonic RendezVous) 'Tape Time': Jo-El Sonnier, "Fire On The Line"; Tears Of Joy (Capitol Nashville) ** cassette* Peter Fahey, "Harmony"; Under The Sun (Lotusdweller Records/Hemifran, www.myspace.com/peterfahey) From Festival Hongerige Wolf in NorthEast Groningen: *Tom Rodwell & Coco Davis* - "Sheep, Sheep, Don't You Know The Road?" - "Adam In The Garden" - "Get In Union" - "The Last Kind Words" (vocal: Coco Davis) - "Haunted House Blues" (vocal: Coco Davis) - "Bang, Bang Lulu" - "You Got To Move" (all songs: traditional lyrics, music by Tom Rodwell & Coco Davis) www.tomrodwell.com www.cocodavis.bandcamp.com Los Lonely Boys, "Road To Nowhere"; Rockpango (Playing In Traffic Records/Sonic RendezVous) Chelsea Crowell, "Better Than Her"; Crystal City (Cleft Music/Sonic RendezVous) Jim Cuddy, "Regular Days"; Skyscraper Soul (Blue Rose Records/Sonic RendezVous) Whispering Pines, "Wolfmoon"; Whispering Pines (Self-Released, www.inthewhisperingpines.com) Interview by Erik Glazenburg with *Tom Rodwell & Coco Davis* (part two) Katrin Navessi, "My Friend"; 17 Shades Of Blue (Lindo Records, www.katrinnavessi.net) Peder Af Ugglas, "Locked Out"; No 4 (Rootsy/Sonic RendezVous) Red Hook Rapids [Donald Forbes & Ally MacLeod], "Out Of The Dark"; Closer To Home (Federal Combos Records/Medicine Music, www.redhookrapids.com) =====