Artist: Kevn Kinney And The Golden Palominos

Back in February Kevn Kinney & The Golden Palominos released a good country mile . The album marks Kinney's first solo work since 20042s Sun Tangled Angel Revival and the first time Anton Fier has lent out the Golden Palominos name to a recording since 19962s Dead Inside. A good country mile opens with an altered take on Jason Isbell's "Never Gonna Change", incorporating a slower draw and burn than the original done up over resonating strings [...]

• Kevn Kinney And The Golden Palominos - Challenge

Kevn Kinney's music has always been lurking in the cobwebbed corners of your mind, even if you weren't aware of it. After making the big move from Milwaukee to Atlanta back in the '80s, he happened to be close to Athens, Ga., the birthplace of R.E.M., when that band was really catching fire. He caught [...]

• Kevn Kinney And The Golden Palominos - Challenge

There used to be a time in college radio in the late 802s and early nineties that a Golden Palominos record was a big deal. REM were usually involved in some way and of course so was drummer Anton Fier - also folks like Syd Straw, Richard Thompson, Peter Holsapple, Bob Mould, and NYC improvers like John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Arto Lindsey and Fred Firth. The Palomino records that were produced with varying guests over a decade were eclectic ranging from rock to industrial. It's been awhile since I heard from the group but I just [...]

• Kevn Kinney And The Golden Palominos - Challenge