Refining the infectious rhythms, melodies, and vocals of her previous album, 2017’s Silhouette of Sirens, Chastity Brown releases her new set, Sing to the Walls. The project stands as a culmination of Brown’s journey, a sequence that marks her evolution […]
Rod Picott is one of our too-little-known songwriting treasures. Like Hemingway, he peers into the jangly tentativeness of the relationships between men and women. Like Harry Crews, he captures the spectral gothic shadows that haunt rural settings. Like Townes Van […]
B.J. Barham has spent the last couple of years trying to make musical sense of his own wreckage, so it’s not surprising to see the resulting set of songs named after a place that historically provided maritime rescues for those […]
Somewhere between the earth-shattering grief of losing a loved one and the indescribable bliss of welcoming new life into the world, between the lowest point of self-destruction and the enlightened levity of self-acceptance, you’ll find Michaela Anne’s new album. Oh […]
With their latest album, Imaginary Lines, North Carolina-based bluegrass band Unspoken Tradition has something strong to show for how they used their time during COVID lockdown. They were just coming off the success of their full-length Myths We Tell Our […]
Patty Griffin wants you to know she’s sorry in advance for the sound quality. Prior to the release of Griffin’s new album, TAPE, the acclaimed songwriter put out a statement about her latest album with the tongue-in-cheek apology, knowing full […]
Inside Problems is a record built from tangled sheets and night sweats. The relentlessly inquisitive Andrew Bird takes fevered late night/early morning thoughts and turns them into songs. Across Inside Problems he seeks reassurance and answers to both big and […]
The Blue Dogs hail from South Carolina, but their sound pulls as much from the heartland rock of John Mellencamp as it does from the groovy melting pot of Little Feat. Their influences inform, but don’t overshadow, the 11 new […]
Charlie Musselwhite must have access to some magic formula unavailable to the rest of us mere mortals. His music is timeless, his voice virtually unchanged since he started putting out music six decades ago. He’s toured and recorded with a […]
Faded love and the struggle to move on after a relationship dies take center stage on Nicki Bluhm’s powerful Avondale Drive. Balancing self-help pep talks and laments about an ex, the Nashville-based singer-songwriter crafts a vivid, unsparing portrait of a […]
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