Shinyribs, Scott Strickland

Shinyribs reassembles the American song bag like a picker in a junkyard; Texas singer-songwriter, EastTx blues, Louisiana swamp n rhythm, honky tonk, Oklahoma swing, Golden-Triangle Cajun, andArkansas jazz are allfiltered through the singular vision of Kevin Russell, one of Austins most celebratedand criminally underrated singer-songwriters.The Austin-based supergroup has entered a bold new chapter with the small baller Shortribsconfiguration a tightly arranged powerhouse built to showcase what has always been at the heart of theShinyribs experience: Russells legendary songwriting chops, his…