New Album Release!
Sinners & Saints
Released September 2026, this brand new album is already charting worldwide!!!
Album Reviews
This is the music that is the American heartbeat, pulsating with the rhythms of Delta blues, early country, folk traditions, and rural Americana. The Cedar County Cobras make music that certainly reflects the richness, diversity, and unpredictability of travel across the United States.
-Blues Notes & Conversations by Raymond Muller (United States)
https://raymondmuller567.wixsite.com/blue-notes-and-con-1
"Sinners & Saints" is an album of truth. Cedar County Cobras affirm their place in the great tradition of American rural blues, while injecting their personality, their experiences, and their stage energy. The duo manages to capture on record what makes them so powerful on stage: music that moves, breathes, unites, and tells a story.
-Zicazic by Fred Delforge (France)
https://zicazic.com/cedar-county-cobras
For all its heavier themes, Sinners & Saints is ultimately an album meant to make you move. Dirks hopes listeners “find that boogie,” a chance to breathe, feel the music and get a little reprieve from everyday life. The Cedar County Cobras have spent years building that feeling one live show at a time. Sinners & Saints captures it in a bottle.
-The Little Village by Katie Roche (United States)
https://littlevillagemag.com/album-review-cedar-county-cobras-sinners-saints/
‘Sinners & Saints’ finds the Cedar County Cobras walking the line between Saturday-night sinners and Sunday-morning saints. Authentic, atmospheric, and full of character, the album proves that the duo can honour the roots of American music while making it distinctly their own.
-Folk & Tumble by Gerry McNally (Ireland)
https://folkandtumble.com/audio/sinners-saints-cedar-county-cobras/
The duo Tom Spielbauer and April Dirks cultivate a heartwarming, predominantly acoustic sound that masterfully blends country blues, folk, and gospel. Relentlessly old style – but radically and refreshingly so.
-Blues News (Switzerland)
https://www.bluesnews.ch/index.php?view=article&id=2854:cedar-county-cobras-sinners-saints&catid=140
This group has a magical style in their vocals & arrangements. It’s country rock, but it’s brewed in a still that has far more potency.
-Americana Highways by John Apice (United States)
https://americanahighways.org/2026/09/01/review-cedar-county-cobras-sinners-saints/
Homesick Blues
This is the first studio album from the Cobras! Recorded at Sonic Factory Studios in Des Moines, IA. This album placed in the top Roots, Blues and Americana Charts worldwide and paved the way for the duo's Hill Country sound.
released September 15, 2023
"Homesick Blues" Album Reviews
“The duo’s songs are soaked with a pre-war blues essence and are wonderfully performed with Spielbauer on guitar and foot-drum and Dirks on mandolin and upright bass... Cedar County Cobras’ Homesick Blues is a tasty dose of real-deal blues. It is a fantastic recording through and through.” - PhillyCheeze
“There is a deep-felt connection to " the Crossroads " here . The lives of Tom and April are intertwined within the songs themselves . This "IS " the Blues. Acoustic blues albums are oftentimes a tough sell these days. That is truly unfortunate for talents as impressively extraordinary as the "Cedar County Cobras ". Kick off your shoes , pull up a jug , and let the music of Tom and April flow over you , taking you back to the days of rowdy juke joins and home-spun, front porch blues . Been playing this one over and over again ! Music this good is timeless!!” - John Muller
“Who would have thought that the paradox of melancholy lyrics and feel good, foot tappin' music with a country vibe could work? The Cedar County Cobras, that's who. Lyrically, it's a saddening break-up song, but musically - with Tom's twangy guitar leads, April's masterful mandolin playin', along with the excellent rhythm from Tom's foot drum and April's upright - the original "Country Records" offers a pleasant lyrical/musical contrast.” - Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro
“This is Country Blues played in authentic style, both originals and covers. Fans of traditional acoustic blues will find a lot to appreciate on this fine debut album.” - John Mitchell
“Homesick Blues is a great release that deftly blends blues, country, and folk into a delicious musical gumbo. The Cedar County Cobras’ sound should satisfy fans of the older styles as well as those who like things more contemporary.” - Graham Clarke
