Nick Shoulders- Refugia Blues (CD) Jeff Pilson 14 Forevermore

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Cruel Country is the band's exploration of the genre they've often been defined by but

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Richly rendered worlds are built in the interplay between Davies's guitar and the dueling synthesizers played by the Carpenters

Nick Shoulders- Refugia Blues (CD) Jeff Pilson 14 ForevermoreRefugia Blues, the fifth album from Nick Shoulders, is a record of big ideas and small, intimate moments. These nine songs are rooted in the stylings of Southern traditional music. Sparse, timeless, and unamplified, they're older than the sounds Shoulders saluted on albums like 2023's All Bad, with it's loud, whooping anthems for roadhouses and sweaty dancehalls. Here, Shoulders isn't shouting over a band. He isn't bringing a crowd to it's feet with