Ray Wylie Hubbard once said that “Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, and Billy Joe Shaver are the three guys who form the Holy Trinity of Texas songwriters.” Shaver’s one of those songwriters who’s admired by many, but recognized by few. […]
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Reverberating guitar chords open the haunting, minor-chord “Hawk for the Dove,” the first track on Amanda Shires’ new album, Take It Like a Man. Shires’ vocals, with Brittney Spencer adding backup, drip with sexual longing, and the roving, stalking rhythms […]
In 2020, Haroula Rose’s film Once Upon a River was released to critical acclaim. Based on an adaptation of Bonnie Jo Campbell’s novel of the same title, the movie follows Margo as she travels up the river in search […]
Roland White, who died earlier this year, was never a showman; he was a steady presence on whatever stage he stood, or away from the stage entirely, always ready to contribute where he could. But White’s generosity as musician and […]
Richie Furay — founding member of Buffalo Springfield, Poco, and Souther-Hillman-Furay — has been singing country music all his life, of course, so his new album of classic country tunes is a natural fit. Furay’s soaring tenor vocals are on […]
Fifteen years ago, Elizabeth Cook — never one to pull punches in her songs — told the harsh truth about the challenges women artists faced in country music in the songs on her album, Balls. In her anthemic title track, […]
The title track of Haroula Rose’s new album, Catch the Light, unfolds cinematically, with swirling fingerpicked guitars, shimmering steel guitar, lush strings, and Rose’s tender and expressive vocals. The song, which opens the album, shimmers with a sparkling light refracted […]
Kenny Loggins has many musical claims to fame: movie songs like “Danger Zone” from Top Gun, “Footloose” from the original movie, and “I’m Alright” from Caddyshack and we as his solo records and his hits with Loggins & Messina, like […]
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 […]
Summertime and the living is, well, not so easy these days, but summer often provides a chance to catch up on our reading. Here are a few music books to add to your to-be-read pile this summer. Caryn […]
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