Saluda, North Carolina, is a town that outsiders would believe only belongs to distant history, yet it’s very much alive and well. With postcard-worthy mountains on one side of the downtown area and still-active train tracks on the other, it […]
With He Walked On, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien lays all his cards on the table from the first song, “When You Pray (Move Your Feet).” The saying was a favorite of the late Georgia congressman John Lewis, and it […]
In 2020, Blackberry Smoke released an EP recorded at the storied Capricorn Studios, including covers of well-worn Southern rock classics from the likes of The Allman Brothers Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, and Wet Willie. (A delightful bonus was two […]
Blues isn’t supposed to be mannered and reverent. It’s meant to be delivered from the soul, the bones, the dirt, the hands, the heart. It’s at its best when it’s dirty, raw, lowdown, at least just a little manic, unhinged. […]
On his previous effort, 2019’s Forecast, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer (and a member of Bruce Hornsby’s acclaimed Noisemakers) John Mailander abandoned traditional acoustic folk and bluegrass song structures for a more exploratory, improvisational approach. The result inspired Mailander to begin […]
Over 40 years is a long time to wait for anything, much less the sequel to an album. But when that album is Markology II, the first guitar album released by fiddle virtuoso and legend Mark O’Connor since Markology in […]
Lake Street Dive has been proudly wearing the “quirky” label for the better part of a decade. Their obsession of 1970s AM radio pop — right down to covers of “Lola” and “Rich Girl” — blends perfectly with offbeat lyrics […]
At the dawn of 2021, the timing could not have been more apropos for Shall We Hope, the ambitious new album from banjo virtuoso Tony Trischka. Not even a week into the new year, the US Capitol saw rioters forcefully […]
The silver lining of 2020 is that it forced artists to flex their creative muscles in multiple ways: new approaches to writing songs, then finding adventurous avenues to record and promote them. The Steel Wheels upped the ante with an […]
Whenever times get tough, Bruce Springsteen summons the E Street Band. Turning up, tuning up, and rocking out like a celebratory army, the E Street Band has always been able to kick the daylights out of the darkness with a […]
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