When you name your band and your album The Big Bottle of Joy, roots music fans should expect to be transported, at least for a little while, to a place that will distract them from their troubles and the state […]
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Following a pair of experiments that kept them busy during the pandemic in 2020 — the ambient soundscapes of We Have Amnesia Sometimes and their brief yet sublime EP of covers, Sleepless Nights — Yo La Tengo return to the […]
Bob Dylan closed the 1980s with the Daniel Lanois-produced Oh Mercy, an acclaimed return-to-form after more than a decade of bad reviews and being “written off,” as his concert introductions voiced by stage manager Al Santos dryly made clear, “as […]
In September of 1957, Buddy Guy left his home state of Louisiana and, like so many of his contemporaries in post-World War II America, traveled north by train to the promise of the Windy City. There in Chicago, Guy eventually […]
In 1970, a lovesick Eric Clapton, tortured by his obsession with his best friend’s wife, penned the lyrics to “Layla,” which became the centerpiece of one of rock’s most enduring albums, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. It was […]
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 […]
Matt Andersen has drawn from the best roots music has to offer over his decades-long career: down and dirty blues, heart-wrenching soul, life-affirming gospel, and introspective singer-songwriter balladry. These sounds, textures, and influences are laid bare on House to House, […]
In the early days of the pandemic, many of us understandably reached for music that comforted and soothed during those unprecedented times. Some reached back for the songs and sounds of their youth, either looking for solace in the familiar […]
The release of the 16th installment in Bob Dylan’s ongoing Bootleg Series, Springtime in New York, marks 30 years since the first three volumes appeared as a three-disc boxset in 1991. Three decades is an impressively lengthy career for anyone […]
“Is it all over now?” Della Mae singer and acoustic guitarist Celia Woodsmith asks on “These Songs,” the opening track on the band’s first post-vaccination collaboration, Family Reunion, and it’s a question many of us have been asking of late. […]
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