Album Review: Gill Landry's Self-titled New Release

Hopefully you are already familiar with Gill Landry from his work with Old Crow Medicine Show, but if not, start catching up by listening to his upcoming self titled album Gill Landry. Landry recorded and self-produced the album in Nashville, playing most of the instruments. There are some guest appearances, notably Robert Ellis playing a mean guitar in Fennario, Mumford and Sons trumpet player Nick Etwell in Lost Love, and Laura Marling in Take This Body. Yet the album is uniquely Landry; honest, soft spoken, and descriptive - based on his wandering experiences across this country. The aforementioned Take This Body is reason enough to procure this release, with the easy melody in Just Like You and the overall impact of Fennario, close seconds. Born in Louisiana, pair this album with Louisiana Spirits, makers of Bayou Rum situated not far from Landry's hometown of Lake Charles

Current Tracks That Won't Go Away

Over the past few weeks we have received and purchased several recordings from a wide array of artists. We had planned on drafting formal reviews of each - but with the MyJoogTV schedule and added burden of Christmas parties - we have devised a new strategy. Here is a subset of the CDs, as well as links to purchase, that we didn't throw in the back of the bus after the first listen. In fact, we have enjoyed most of these on numerous occasions. And as a bonus we've applied a one sentence buzz phrase commonly used in the industry.

• Prepare For Black & White - The White Elephant: favorite CD of the bunch
• Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons - wished I could have seen the tour with Cadillac Sky
• A Part of Me - Tom Principato: D.C. based bluesman knocks it out with latest
• The Wages - The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - portrays the struggle and virtues of the Midwest
• Welcome Down & Welcome Up - Tina Dico: this lady can sing, pure and simple
• Memories of John - The John Hartford Stringband: from the grave to the Grammies - great old time music
• The Night the Cumberland Came Alive - EP - Mike Farris & The Cumberland Saints: can't get enough of this gospel blues CD
• The Way We Do It Down South - Gary Nichols: alt-country meets R&B in Muscle Shoals
• Something Worth Standing For - Andrew McKnight & Turning Pages - Andrew McKnight: shows that indie musicians just need exposure - "Letter to Colonial Mosby" is an instant classic
• All the Quiet, All the Chaos - Shane Hines: local artists gets better with age