{"id":840,"date":"2026-06-06T02:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T02:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/?p=840"},"modified":"2026-06-06T02:59:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T02:59:32","slug":"adam-sherman-band-sorrows-and-smiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/adam-sherman-band-sorrows-and-smiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Sherman Band – Sorrows and Smiles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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8 song album<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam and his band have cultivated a strong blend of rock & Americana in his latest release. The tracks are packed to the brim with anthemic choruses, roots-infused guitar lines, sealed with an earnest vocal delivery.  It reminds me a bit of Dennis Brennan mixed with Dire Straights, if Mark Knopfler had a broader vocal range. Although there are only 8 tracks, it\u2019s chalk full of bangers. The opening track \u201cEveryday Dangers\u201d is a mix of roots-rock pop reminiscent of storytellers like Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen. \u201cMiles\u201d and \u201cLong  Fall Down\u201d are dark yet fiery tunes; introspective, and full of swagger.  \u201cGone Wrong\u201d is one of those tunes that I\u2019m guessing pulls a lot of people up from their barstools onto the dance floor. The album burns hot, and like any fire, has to wind down eventually, hence the last song is \u201cWe\u2019ll Never Know,\u201d a ballad with sparse instrumentation, carried by the strength of Sherman\u2019s voice, which even at a whisper is smooth and rich.  (Kier Byrnes)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Listen on Spotify 8 song album Adam and his band have cultivated a strong blend of rock & Americana in his latest release. The tracks are packed to the brim with anthemic choruses, roots-infused guitar lines, sealed with an earnest vocal delivery.  It reminds me a bit of Dennis Brennan mixed with Dire Straights, if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,12],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-reviews","tag-winter-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":841,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions\/841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}