rootsiness

"..they've captured a tight rootsiness that speaks of dedicated immersion in American vernacular music.." Rob Adams, Herald Scotland | For more information and to listen to Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys, go to lindsayloumusic.com or find them on Facebook at facebook.com/lindsayloumusic or on Twitter @lindsayloubelly

They might have studiously avoided all the London-centric notions of hipster cool, preferring the rootsiness of the West Midlands, but the band have never been parochial in their perspective.

No longer the chemical-fuelled empty vessels of yore, this time around Oasis have gone for a down home rootsiness in a wholly drab bid to summon the ghosts of trad British rock.

Want Tumbleweed Connection rootsiness? Here comes "The Wasteland," a sweet blues-pop confection.

Raised and based in California, although there's a distinct touch of the Morrisettes about I Spy, pitched somewhere between Dido and Shania Twain, she mostly leans towards various shades of country, from the AOR of Smoke In Bed and the mountain music of A Song For The Broken to the Nashville funk that drives Day After Yes and the acoustic rootsiness of St Christopher.