Albums such as Welcome to Hard Times, Music City USA, and his last release, The Man from Waco, highlight Charley Crockett’s unique meld of the tragic, the wistful, and the satirical. With his 13th album, $10 Cowboy, he offers his […]
Albums such as Welcome to Hard Times, Music City USA, and his last release, The Man from Waco, highlight Charley Crockett’s unique meld of the tragic, the wistful, and the satirical. With his 13th album, $10 Cowboy, he offers his […]
With her new album, Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé forges an expansive take on the traditional canon, integrating a broad swathe of American music, including country, blues, R&B, rock, and gospel. While 2022’s Renaissance spotlighted her as a global MC throwing the […]
With Revelations, River Shook (formerly Sarah Shook, though the band name remains the same) again elegizes the underbelly of American life, all the while basking in country-pop hooks. Shook exudes that mix of badassery and fatigue so well navigated in […]
On the heels of Big Thief’s opus, 2022’s Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (ND review) and her mercurial solo diptych, 2020’s Songs and Instrumentals, Adrianne Lenker releases her latest non-band venture, Bright Future. Throughout the set, Lenker […]
With her latest LP, All Is Forgiven, Lilli Lewis draws from various tried-and-true templates while offering a sequence notably more introspective than on her previous albums, including 2020’s My American Heart (essay) and 2021’s Americana. The result is her most […]
With his fifth studio LP, Higher, Chris Stapleton, assisted by co-producers Dave Cobb and Morgane Stapleton, forges another set of meticulously crafted, adeptly instrumented, and accessible songs. While the Kentucky-born artist continues to mine and rebrand various templates, his voice […]
With Gold on the Horizon, Alex Ellis, a.k.a. Our Man in the Field, builds on the lyrical proficiency and vocal depth displayed on his 2020 debut, The Company of Strangers. Frequently addressing the prerequisite subjects of love and heartache, Ellis […]
Loosely intended as a sequel to 2002’s All Hail West Texas, The Mountain Goats’ 22nd LP, Jenny From Thebes, brims with John Darnielle’s quirky vocals, lit-savvy lyricism, and heartfelt melodies. Unlike the stripped-down and lo-fi West Texas, though, Jenny is […]
On his fifth album, Coyote, Dylan LeBlanc continues to mine and integrate rock, blues, folk, and country templates. His voice, per usual, is compelling. His lyrics are evocative, inspired by Southern lit as much as the tones and textures of […]
With his latest release, Empire Electric, Julian Saporiti — aka No-No Boy — hones the narrative and eulogistic approaches of his first two albums. While previous work, however, leaned toward opaque mixes that evoked a distinct melancholy, Saporiti’s newest songs […]
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