With a rich country-infused Americana feel to their music, The Americana Lovebirds have released their self-titled album Americana Lovebirds. This album highlights a sort of down-home American feel to it that is heavy on country influence and exhibits why when people generally think about the country genre of music they immediately think about a sort of southern American influence.


What The Americana Lovebirds have brought to this album is a truly vibrant vocal performance that pairs nicely to the instrumentation performed on each track. There is a simple nature to the music as it is pure and not doctored artificially by a technician in a studio that thinks they know more about the music than the musicians performing the songs. From start to finish on the album, it is evident that The Americana Lovebirds have a real passion for their music and take pride in the music that they have put out across the album.

The Americana Lovebirds is comprised of Jason W. McKinzie and Amy Celeste Young-Beard. Assisting them on this album are Scott Powers on the banjo and Sabhaois on the upright bass.

What is really nice on the album is that the vocals and lyrics are really what shine through. The music on the album is really meant to supplement the vocals and lyrics and there is something refreshing about not having the album overpowered by instrumentation simply for the sake of showcasing instrumental sounds or range.

Country Love really brings the listener into the music of The Americana Lovebirds quite nicely. It becomes evident that the music of this musical act is meant to pair the voice of McKinzie and Young-Beard to one another and the songs are set up in a love ballad sort of format where McKinzie and Young-Beard's lyrics are sort of sung to one another and we as listeners are allowed to listen into their songs. Country Love sings about only needing "a dollop of good ole country love" as being all that one needs and leaves the listener with a sort of chuckling smile on at the end of the song.

Doctor Please is another one of the humor-infused Americana songs that is on the album. The song sings about asking the doctor for a diagnosis of what is being felt. "Is there anything that you can do for me," sings The Americana Lovebirds before they sing about hoping the affliction is not tetanus, dengue fever or conjunctivitis before the doctor advises that the affliction both are feeling is really that the two are in love.

The album closes out with a great track entitled I Want to Be Your Only Cowgirl. With a unique introduction of some yodeling mixed into the music there is something genuine and something funky at work here, and it works really well! You aren't going to find this originality on another album but that is a good thing. It becomes clear listening to this album that The Americana Lovebirds are not about doing "the norm" and instead have carved out music that is brilliantly their own. And what a better way to accentuate this than by closing out their album with this track.

Track Listing:
1.       Country Love
2.       My Darling Dear
3.       Doctor Please
4.       You Just Didn't Happen By
5.       Kick Up Your Boots
6.       I'll Be Ready in a Moment, Dear
7.       Let's Kiss and Make Up
8.       Times Like These
9.       Once Upon a Rumpled Morning
10.      I Wanna Be Your Cowgirl

The Americana Lovebirds are not a household name in the Americana or country music genre, yet. But that is okay because what is evident with their self-titled release is that the music that they create is some of the finest in the genre that their wit and musical prowess are a dynamic duo. If they keep on focusing on building this relationship then more and more people will quickly get to know The Americana Lovebirds.

The album Americana Lovebirds is produced by Colleen Clark along with The Americana Lovebirds and was recorded at AMI Seagull Studios in Salisbury, MD.

For more information about The Americana Lovebirds, check out their website at http://www.americanlovebirds.com/.

Recommended: Yes

Great Music to Play While: At Work