Articles by Kerry Doole

Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate

Monistic Theory

PUBLISHED May 13, 2016

Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate were both popular on the world music scene prior to meeting at a French festival in 2010. They clicked perso...

Skydiggers

Here Without You

PUBLISHED May 11, 2016

The full title of this album is significant, for it indicates that Here Without You isn't strictly a Byrds tribute album. It's more specifi...

Matthew and Jill Barber Share Folk Vision on 'The Family Album'

PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2016

Singing and performing together is not a novelty for siblings Matthew and Jill Barber. Both highly regarded as solo singer-songwriters, the...

Matthew & Jill Barber

The Family Album

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2016

The only surprise about sibling singer/songwriters Matthew and Jill Barber recording a duet album is that it has taken so long. The Family...

Steve Dawson

Solid States and Loose Ends

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2016

In his solo recordings, roots music renaissance man Steve Dawson has been alternating instrumental and vocal albums of late. 2014's Rattles...

Kyp Harness

Stoplight Moon

PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2016

On the bracing opening track of his new album, Kyp Harness reflects "I never got the secret handshake." That perhaps references his continu...

David Francey

Empty Train

PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2016

Scottish-Canadian construction worker David Francey turned to music late, but has certainly made up for any lost time. This is his 11th alb...

Johnny Rawls

Tiger In A Cage

PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2016

We last heard from acclaimed blues/soul veteran Johnny Rawls on 2014's Soul Brothers, a collaboration with late great soul singer Otis Clay...