While the San Fernando Valley is just a 30-minute drive from the glitz and glam of Dominique Pruitt’s Los Angeles dreams, the windswept suburbs can often feel like a lifetime away from that bustling metropolis. This sort of lamentation lies at the center of the singer-songwriter’s first new single in just around five years, “High in the Valley”…
Saving Country Music Features Nick Dittmeier & The Sawdusters
The crush of new releases of cool country and roots music has been pretty incredible over the past couple of weeks, and to help keep you up-to-date, the Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist has been freshly provisioned. You can also find below a supplemental list of all the records you should probably be aware of that were released just on Friday, October 26th. Hopefully, reviews of most or all of them will be posted eventually, but in the meantime, many of them have songs included in the playlist to give you an introduction…
Cowboys & Indians Debuts New Song From Nick Dittmeier & The Sawdusters
These days it can be tough to find a group that maintains a steady balance between traditional and modern country. But Nick Dittmeier & the Sawdusters do just that, putting out Southern rock storytelling songs wrapped in true twang picking and strumming and tight, hoedowny harmonies…
PopDust Says Kate Vargas is Ready to Pop
Kate Vargas possesses a voice that is godly in nature, steeped in earth-crumbling nuance and able to transport the listener wherever she so desires. With “Madeline,” equipped with just one lonely acoustic guitar, a cut from her new album, For the Wolfish & Wandering, Vargas leads us back into the 19th century to a crumbling soul in need of salvation and healing…
Billboard Shares New Music From Kate Vargas
You might notice that Kate Vargas is the only person untouched by baked goods from the food fight in the video for her new track “This Affliction,” premiering exclusively below. And she felt a bit guilty about that…
Glide Magazine Premieres New Music From Heart Hunters
Heart Hunters’ Drew de Man founded his first band, No River City, in 2001 and spent the next several years making records, touring the country and sharing bills with artists such as Iron & Wine, Calexico and Alejandro Escovedo. After a decade away from the spotlight, his new project Heart Hunters—a duo with his wife, singer/songwriter Brianna Blackbird—builds on the moody indie/alt-country sounds de Man explored with No River City, updating them for a new era with debut LP American Eclipse…