Cordovas :
The latest full-length from Cordovas, Destiny Hotel is a work of wild poetry and wide-eyed abandon,set to aglorious collision of folk and country and groove-heavyrock-and-roll. In a major creative milestone for the Tennessee-based band—vocalist/multi-instrumentalist JoeFirstman, keyboardist Sevans Henderson, guitarist/vocalist Lucca Soria andvocalist/multi-instrumentalist Toby Weaver—the album harnesses the freewheeling energy of their live show more fully than ever, all while lifting their songwriting to a whole new level of sophistication. The result is a batch of songs that ruminate and rhapsodize with equal intensity, inviting endless celebration on the way to transcendence.
Great Peacock :
Spitting stories of love, loss and pain, Nashville's Great Peacock⎯⎯ comprised of lead singer and guitarist Andrew Nelson, guitarist Blount Floyd, drummer Nick Recio and bass player Frank Keith IV ⎯⎯ challenge the very notion of genre, dismantling tradition and blurring the lines between rock 'n roll, conventional folk music and true Americana. Having earned praise from Paste, the Nashville Scene, American Songwriter, No Depression, Relix and PopMatters, the band ignites a kind of unapologetic spark. As fixtures on the Southern festival circuit including Shakey Knees, they've shared stages with an abundance of equally-minded noise-makers, including Susto, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Cage the Elephant, American Aquarium, Margo Price and Jonathan Tyler.