King Corduroy wasn’t about to let the chance to record at FAME Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, Ala., go undocumented. The experience is showcased in the video for “Shamrock Inn,” premiering on Billboard exclusively below, from the Nashville musician’s just-released EP, Avalon Ave.
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NPR Features King Corduroy in “10 Nashville Artists To Add To Your Playlists”
Slingshot adds King Corduroy to their ‘City Scenes: 10 Nashville Artists To Add To Your Playlists‘
King Corduroy’s sound draws inspiration from the places he’s lived including Los Angeles and Austin. Although he grew up in Montgomery, Ala., he had family in the Crescent City and got a taste of the sights and sounds there at an early age. You’ll hear a little Dr. John, a little Leon Russell and a lot of cosmic country cool. “Workin’ for a Livin'” is on his new EP, Avalon Avenue, produced by Jimbo Hart. King Corduroy plays The Local Brew Live with Jedd Hughes, Aug. 19.
Rolling Stone Country Features New Music From The High Divers
Produced by Jason Isbell’s guitar-hero collaborator, Sadler Vaden, “Our Love Is a Fire” contrasts haunting lyrics about a mutually-abusive relationship with singalong choruses and spaghetti-western guitar tones. “Burn down, burn up,” goes the refrain, shining a light on a couple’s sad cycle of destruction and reconciliation…
Saving Country Music Praises New Track from David Quinn
Like the mother find from an excavation effort into the burned out ruins of a vintage recording studio, exhumed from a rusted shut 2-inch reel-to-reel tape canister containing some lost and forgotten country music classic, David Quinn’s Wanderin’ Fool sets you back some 70 years in time as soon as it’s cued up on your listening device of choice. Whether your question is where country music came from, or where it has gone, the answer is contained in this record…
Wide Open Country Premieres “Standing Still” from Van Plating
Indie outfit Van Plating looks beyond the idea of soulmates to examine the importance of various types of love and relationships on “Standing Still,” the latest from the new recording project between Florida-based singer-songwriter Rachel Plating and writing partner Bradley Walden.
The breezy, country-tinged indie pop song will appeal to fans of Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour and Jenny Lewis’ On the Line.
The Boot Debuts New Song from David Quinn
Americana singer-songwriter David Quinn is premiering his dreamy new song “In My Dreams” exclusively for readers of The Boot. Press play below to listen. In “In My Dreams,” Quinn evokes the cosmically wild vibe of far-west Texas with vintage instrumentation and rich, mystical harmonies. The artist says that he found catharsis in writing the song, and its lyrics are a little bit sadder than its melody indicates…