Red River Dialect - Basic Country Mustard (2025) Hi-Res

Red River Dialect re-emerge after six years with their sixth album Basic Country, led by songwriter David John Morris. The record blends folk-rock grit with Celtic texture and flashes of country sway, steering clear of both transatlantic imitation and trad-British revivalism.

Highlights include ‘Torrey Canyon, Lyonesse’, which ties a 1967 oil spill off Land’s End to the mythic submerged land of Lyonesse and present-day climate anxieties. ‘Fire BB (Frocks of the Parson)’ and ‘Sheep’s Clothing’ nod toward Nashville twang and Jake Xerxes Fussell’s wandering balladry, while Robin Lane-Roberts’ piano lends tender light to the band’s wry storytelling. The album opens with Simon Drinkwater’s harp and closes on soaring fiddle and Uilleann pipes, echoing Alan Stivell and Seamus Ennis.

With Basic Country, Red River Dialect channel myth, history, and humour into one of their most evocative collections yet.