Think old-time songs are old-fashioned? In this age of political malaise, systemic injustice, a health catastrophe, and economic uncertainty, old-time’s sounds and themes can feel alarmingly relevant, especially when brought up to date in the able hands of Golden Shoals. […]
As his latest solo record, The Reservoir, was taking shape, singer-songwriter Kenny Roby (frontman for 6 String Drag) shared a sparse yet haunting tune with his good friend Neal Casal, an acclaimed guitarist and songwriter who’d worked with Willie Nelson, […]
The cascading rhythms and flowing melodies of Mary Chapin Carpenter’s new album wash over us, bathing us in their sparkling splendor so that we emerge from these waters cleansed of illusions about ourselves and the world around us. The songs […]
Sometimes it’s a struggle to describe an album, but fingerstyle blues singer/guitarist Cary Morin’s Dockside Saints makes the TV Guide-style capsule easy: “Acoustic blues frolics while under the influence of zydeco.” But to understand what that short explanation means in […]
Daniel Donato’s journey to A Young Man’s Country started with rocking out via video game Guitar Hero and quickly shifted to playing the real thing on the streets of Nashville and then joining the house band at the legendary Robert’s […]
“Welcome to hard times and feelin’ low / Do you like sinnin’? No? / Well, you will before you go … ”, Charley Crockett sings in the chorus of new album’s opener and title track, “Welcome to Hard Times.” […]
Ordinary Soul is the first set of songs released under Stephen Mougin’s name, and its title is apt in that it reflects the modesty that Mougin, or “Mojo,” brings to all of his pursuits. The longtime guitarist for The Sam […]
The title track of Lori McKenna’s new album unfolds cinematically, breathlessly unfurling layer by layer a tale of desire and passion, longing and disappointment, ascent and descent. Opening sparsely with waves of rolling guitar chords, “The Balladeer” swells suddenly on […]
Zoë Nutt delivers understated gravitas and grit on her sophomore album, How Does it Feel, a project that the singer describes as an intimate introductory conversation between herself and her listeners. “I think I have a better way with words […]
Depending on your state of mind, Cinder Well could be either the best or worst thing to listen to in a lockdown. The brainchild of Amelia Baker, a native Californian lately residing in Ireland’s County Clare, the absorbing No Summer […]
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