Their platform has never been larger; their music has never felt closer. The last album from The Avett Brothers, 2016’s True Sadness, topped the charts and garnered Grammy noms. The following year brought the critically acclaimed documentary May It Last, […]
Over a decade since David Wax Museum first released their debut, 2008’s I Turned Off Thinking About, the band that built their niche in “Mexi-folk” has evolved in every way. The band’s core members — David Wax and Suz Slezak […]
Drew Holcomb’s steady songcraft has slowly but surely charted a course toward an expansive sound since he first arrived with his band, The Neighbors, nearly 15 years ago. His latest album, Dragons, follows suit with an anthemic album that maintains […]
Andy Baxter and Kyle Jahnke, the artists better known as Penny & Sparrow, point to Darwin’s famous finches for the thematic banner that hangs over their latest set of songs. Finch, the duo’s follow-up to 2017’s lovely Wendigo, might signal […]
The elements of a Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison album have grown familiar (even familial) by now: a rich marital-turned-musical chemistry, a mix of inspired originals and intriguing covers, a wealth of talented session players, all packaged together from a […]
There are two reasons why we stop to pay attention to something. It happens when a sight, smell, or sound is so arresting that our physical bodies automatically orient themselves toward that very thing — an early morning walk by […]
Tim O’Brien has made no secret of the late Doc Watson’s influence on his own esteemed career. The native West Virginian has himself persuaded many roots musicians to follow him as he follows Watson, by honoring our great musical institutions […]
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