Tag: billy roberts and the rough riders
That Was The Musical Week That Was – 170421
The sun is shining, I have had the jab and the pubs are open…sort of…it does feel as if we are finally getting somewhere....
Broken Hill – Billy Roberts and the Rough Riders (reviewed by...
Although you might associate Billy Roberts and The Rough Riders more with foot-on-the-monitor, fist-in-the-air, low slung rock and roll sound, we shouldn't forget that...
That Was The Musical Week That Was – 300121
A month into 2021 already. Tempus does indeed fugit! And even though it is a bit bleak outside my office window, these wonderful sounds...
Don’t Understand – Billy Roberts and The Rough Riders (reviewed by...
We know that Billy Roberts is great at kick arse, country rock and roll. That when you hear his music, you imagine a swaggering...
That Was The Musical Week That Was – 200920
Another great week for underground, grassroots and off the radar music. Here is just the tip of the sonic iceberg. As always check the...
No Love – Billy Roberts and The Rough Riders (reviewed...
Just when you think that you have got the measure of an artist, they can still often throw you a curveball. The goods ones...
That Was The Musical Week That Was – 270620
And so another week has passed, more music has flowed under the pen, into the site and, hopefully new sets of ears. And if...
Today – Billy Roberts and The Rough Riders (reviewed by Dave...
Billy Roberts and his cohorts have always made music which wanders around within some pretty iconic parameters - country and rock ’n’ roll for...
The Southern Sessions – Billy Roberts and The Rough Riders (reviewed...
Four albums in and still sounding like the bastard sons of Steve Earl and Ryan Adams and like those two purveyors of alt-country, The...
Hillbilly Blues – Billy Roberts and The Rough Riders (reviewed by...
The title may suggest some sort of raggle-taggle, clattering country infused bluegrass, but Billy Roberts and his musical posse are in much slicker territory...
Greenbah – Billy Roberts and The Rough Riders (reviewed by Dave...
Genres are tricky things, full of implication and assumption. Pop music isn’t always popular, soul bands don’t always connect deep down and not all...
No One Knows Me – Billy Roberts and The Rough Riders...
Sitting here slightly fragile after a night watching a Dallas rocker with a country swagger tear a hole where the stage in an English...
Only One – Billy Roberts and The Rough Riders (reviewed by...
Blurring lines and subverting expectation is the job of every musician worth his salt and the fact that Billy Roberts both obscures the distinction...
Blood and Bones – Billy Roberts and The Rough Riders (reviewed...
With the popular resurgence of alternative takes on the classic American country rock sound, I find myself dealing with terms such as Anglicana or...