In this hellacious year of our lord, it seems like we mortals are living and reliving humanity’s worst moments on earth with nauseating frequency. Among the already tired political, social, and environmental tropes rotating through an endless news cycle, 2019 […]
On the cover of Rock ‘n’ Roll: A Tribute to Chuck Berry, released earlier this month, guitarist Mike Zito shows a ghostly Berry looking over his shoulder. On his Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry, out Nov. 15, […]
Underestimate Josienne Clarke at your peril. On her first solo album since dissolving a decade-long partnership with guitarist Ben Walker, she might initially pass for a textbook example of a polite, old-school British folkie. Her singing is pretty and precise, […]
It’s already been a very good year for Luke Combs. His EP The Prequel, which he released early this summer, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums charts as soon as it came out, and the five songs […]
Unbelievably, it’s been 25 years since the inception of Chicago’s iconic indie label Bloodshot Records. To those that know them, Bloodshot is as much a part of the fabric of its hometown as anything, but for those new to the […]
On The Way Forth, Rachel Grimes (formerly of the band Rachel’s) brings her gifts as a pianist and composer to a new folk opera about Kentucky history. As Grimes pored over deeds and other documents from her home state, she […]
After self-releasing their first few records, Austin, Texas, band The Deer have finally found a home. Their debut on the Keeled Scales/Secretly Distribution label Do No Harm may be one of the prettiest records you’ll encounter in 2019. A joyous […]
Miranda Lambert has always done what she wanted to do and staked her claim as a by-God country singer that rocks when she wants to and croons a soft ballad when she gets a mind to. Lambert cannily writes the […]
Bobby Hawk’s first solo album Lights On Kinks Out is one of those releases that requires a few listens. After my first run-through, I thought “meh.” The second left me a bit more positive. When I heard it for the […]
Booker T. Jones’ music was a lifeline for a generation of war babies coming up in the 1960s, his burbling B-3 embodying the Memphis soul sound of Stax records. While still in his teens, Jones composed one of rock’s slinkiest […]
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