Nick Gusman & the Coyotes,
In the heart of St. Louis, where the Mississippi River carves its path through the Midwest, Nick Gusman and the Coyotes are crafting a sound as robust and unyielding as the city’s iconic Gateway Arch. With their forthcoming album, Lifting Heavy Things, set to drop on December 7, 2024, this true-grit Americana outfit is poised to leave an indelible mark on the alt-country landscape.
Gusman’s songwriting prowess has been turning heads and pricking up ears across the USA and beyond. His ability to weave profound themes of love, identity, and freedom into lyrics about the every day – from stray dogs to river boats – has garnered him a passionate and growing fanbase. As Daniel Hill of the Riverfront Times puts it, “Gusman has a knack for writing songs that are instantly memorable and relatable.”
The band’s sound is a potent cocktail of telecaster twang, howling fiddle, and rock ‘n’ roll energy, all underpinned by Gusman’s spirited vocals and incisive lyrics. It’s a concoction that’s earned them comparisons to genre pioneers like Uncle Tupelo and The Bottle Rockets, with Gusman and the Coyotes proudly carrying the torch for the next generation of alt-country bands.
“Lifting Heavy Thing”
Live Studio Record to be released in 2024
Featuring : “Slow Down Katie”, “Lifting Heavy Things” and Tokyo Hotel
Nick Gusman And
The Coyotes (Album)
Featuring “Natchez Queen” and “Postcard from Okemah”
Dear Hard Times (Album)
Featuring “Look at Me Now” and “Roselle”
Ramblin’ Song
Live Off Broadway 12.28.23
Live in Netherlands
Live at Keifestival 10.28.23
"Natchez Queen" [Official Video]
Press
“No Depression”
Nick Gusman & The Coyotes Prove Their Mettle on ‘Lifting Heavy Things’
Nick Gusman & The Coyotes don’t do half measures, as evidenced by their barnstorming third album, Lifting Heavy Things, which has all the markings of a soon-to-be critical and commercial breakthrough. By the time the LP’s second track, “Sound of A Broken Heart” has finished, the band have already placed themselves firmly in the lineage of greats like Lucero, Springsteen, and Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit.
Like those acts, the band here demonstrate a preternatural knack for packaging knotty emotions and uncomfortable truths into unpretentious couplets that cut to the heart of the matter (“And I’m looking for the pain again / Because it’s something I know”). “Broken Heart,” like many of the songs that follow, rushes to big, anthemic climaxes where fiddle, drums, and guitar crescendo into a cacophony. But such dramatic moments (and Lifting Heavy Things has no shortage of them) never feel unearned or forced – there’s a dynamism, sincerity and rawness to the band’s expression that proves reliably winning. …… Read More
-Tom Williams : Posted On December 5, 2024
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Nick Gusman And The Coyotes Release
Self-Titled Album
While the album is Gusman’s second, it is his first with his band The Coyotes, who are well-known regionally and on the St. Louis scene. Locally, Nick Gusman and The Coyotes have performed live across the area and have opened for national touring acts like Charley Crockett, RC and The Ambers and Cody Canada. In a heavily saturated Americana market, Gusman’s songwriting and intricate sound is gaining a national presence by touring extensively across the Midwest, as well as the East and West coasts and Alaska.
“Nick Gusman and The Coyotes” clearly demonstrates the maturity gained in the years since his debut album “Dear Hard Times.” Gusman’s songwriting is backed by a driving, talented band of musicians. With dazzling guitar sweeps and lively fiddle, Nick Gusman and The Coyotes deliver a full wave of Americana sound to an audience who cannot help but sing along.
Nick Gusman's Debut,
Dear Hard Times
Dear Hard Times may be the debut offering from singer-songwriter Nick Gusman, but there's a lot of history on the album. Take the cover, for example, which features a portrait of Gusman cradling a 1943 Martin guitar that belonged to his grandfather, a musician who played up and down Cherokee Street and along South Broadway in his day. The album's artwork is dotted with pressed flowers that belonged to a friend's grandmother; they date back about 100 years, Gusman says.
And certainly there is history and tradition in the folk songs that populate the album, which serve as a showcase for Gusman's flinty guitar playing and strong voice. But across its fourteen songs and hour-long run time, he and his bandmates work through several strands of Americana and rock styles. On his official first outing, Gusman is an apt student of an old style, but keeps a keen eye on modern times……