Like the two rivers, the Assiniboine and the Red, after which this album is named, the vocals of Cara Luft and JD Edwards wash over us, purifying us with the clarity of their harmonies as the fiddles, banjos, guitars, and […]
Once upon a time, the two names were entwined, brothers in spirit and in music. Then there was a time in the not too distant past when the names Allman and Betts weren’t used in the same sentence, much less […]
In the Fall-Winter 2018 No Depression print journal, there was a fantastic article on cowpunk, the musical subgenre that merges the sonic and visual aesthetics of punk and country-blues. Author Chris Parker does a fantastic job tracing the history of […]
Evidently, Minnesota-native turned Nashville resident Austin Plaine and I listened to a lot of the same music growing up, listed here in no particular order: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Conor Oberst, Ryan Adams. I can’t write a song, much less […]
On his latest release from Evening Records, Griffin House seems to have realized his potential to produce new combinations, new adaptations, and truly new developments. Indeed, Rising Star is at the heart of an artist who is fully comfortable applying […]
As a culture, we’re not really equipped to address what happens to bands when their artists grow up. Most bands break up or remain in a state of suspended development. Kevn Kinney, the singer/creative force behind Drivin N Cryin, has […]
Eric D. Johnson describes the process of creating the music for Gold Past Life as “a soothing balm,” which is exactly what it’s like to listen to it. With his first album under the Fruit Bats moniker since 2016’s Absolute […]
Back with a new lineup led by founding member David Sickmen, The Hackensaw Boys return with five-song EP A Fireproof House of Sunshine. This roots band of four offers songs that sizzle and warm the soul from the opening riffs. […]
The Raconteurs’ new album, Help Us Stranger, straddles a surprisingly thin line between sincerity and pretense, eclecticism and appropriation, hipness and banality. Opening track “Bored and Razed” features Patrick Keeler’s adventurous/Keith Moon-inspired drums and Jack Lawrence’s bouncy bass, the song […]
The driving “The Man Who Shook the World” rockets off Chuck Mead’s rockin’ and rollin’ new album, Close to Home. Rick Steff’s piano rolls and sways, Jerry Lee Lewis-like, under the propulsive guitars of Mead, John Paul Keith, and producer […]
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