Homespun guitar strumming collides with hair-raising and harrowing storytelling on the Georgia-based Reverend Hylton’s latest album Stubborn Nail. Time was, Hylton, known to his mama as Justin, was that stubborn nail, reveling in the myth of the rambling music man — hitting the road, imbibing/abusing substances with reckless abandon, and resistant to changing his ways. He’s cleaned up his act, but his rough hewn Americana retains its grit and gravitas, delivered in a drawling rasp that suggests a punked-out Leon Russell.
Watch him play an acoustic take of the new LP's title track.:Price: $5-$7
