malcolm holcombe

studded with alt-country & straight up legends, but the core of each cut is his heavy yet delicate guitar playing & that voice, growling like a cement truck in low gear or mellowing into a heart-tugging croon.

Emmylou Harris lends background vocals to 'In Your Mercy' & Malcolm duets with Steve Earle on 'Trail of Money'. Darrell Scott plays dobro, banjo and electric guitar, & former Uncle Tupelo & Wilco member Ken Coomer handles drums. Malcolm plays with his bare fingers & his percussive attack makes it easy to overlook the precision with which he plays. "angry, simple, complex & beautiful all rolled into one... I promise you that it will feature in many, many end of year Top 10 Releases of 2012." No Depression.