Rainbow Ruckus 9/15: Denitia, Nathan Evans Fox, Maddie Zahm, and More!
This week's Rainbow Ruckus features Texas angels, acidic breakup songs, Flock-destroying folk heroes, eternal love, and wandering natural elementals.
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- Denitia kicks it old-school on "Texas Angel." The clarity of her voice made her last album, Sunset Drive, beguiling. Now, Denitia's turned to the honky-tonk of her youth for a breakup song that can only pack the kind of punch that a pedal steel-laden waltz can deliver.
- It's always good news when Tami Hart has new music out. "All I Do is Sit Here" takes a punk rock approach to similar subject matter. What happens when you've spent your whole life shoring someone up...and then they're gone? The pensive beat and Hart's layered vocals give this one a deliciously acidic edge.
- Nathan Evans Fox wants to remind you there's copper in them hills...if by "hills" you mean Flock cameras. With this country groove stomper, Fox gives us a protest song we can all party to on "Sawzall v. Surveillance (The Ballad of the Metal Man."
- Ahead of her new album, Maddie Zahm gives us "Told You So." The foot-tapper is endlessly romantic, a commitment to following someone for eternity...and the one after that, and the one after that. Zahm's voice carries us on the cosmic time of what it means to truly be meant for another person.
- With "Handsome Little Fountains & Little Ancient Mountains," Jude Brothers takes us on an epic journey through time and space. Don't let the 11-minute timestamp intimidate you, this feels more like a suite with a series of movements, rather than a ramble. Brothers' way with wordplay gives "Little Fountains" a mischievous aspect, even as their message is serious: learning to love where you are, and put aside your worries – even if you're a wandering nature spirit.
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