Part of the excitement in ancient genres like folk, bluegrass and traditional Irish is to hear new artists reinventing old songs.Something like “Blue Moon of Kentucky” or “Rocky Road to Dublin” may be decades or
Mason Lively’s debut album blends neo-traditional country elements in with a little blues-rock and gets his music career off to a very promising start.
If singers who adopt a 1980s/’90s sound are considered “retro”, then where does that leave The Cactus Blossoms, who have more in common with the brother acts of the 1950s and ‘60s?