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 […]
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 […]
Some might be surprised to learn that The Mavericks have never in their 30 years as a band released an all-Spanish album, but it makes some sense when you know their story. Mavericks co-founder Raul Malo is a first-generation American […]
The most striking moment on No Time for Enemies, the fifth studio album from bluegrass/hip-hop trailblazers Gangstagrass, comes toward the end, during a reimagining of the Stephen Foster standard “Hard Times Come Again No More.” After a faithful first verse […]
Ordinary Soul is the first set of songs released under Stephen Mougin’s name, and its title is apt in that it reflects the modesty that Mougin, or “Mojo,” brings to all of his pursuits. The longtime guitarist for The Sam […]
Sometimes the most gentle approach accentuates the power in a lyric. Kristen Grainger & True North prove that again and again on Ghost Tattoo. Following up 2018’s acclaimed Open Road, Broken Heart, the group of Pacific Northwesterners continue their formula […]
Ghosts are not always paranormal phenomena or beings that occupy a higher astral plane that one can choose to believe in or not. Ghosts can sometimes refer to people in our past who may still be very much alive but […]
When Lucinda Williams entered Ray Kennedy’s studio with her longtime road band in September 2019 to begin work on Good Souls Better Angels, her 15th and most direct, topical album yet, neither she nor we had any idea of how […]
It’s often said that the best way to experience bluegrass music is to witness it live. Rarely is the energy of a live performance successfully translated onto an album – especially a studio recording. Thankfully, Elements, the new album from […]
Soul and country music have always resided on the opposite sides of the same coin. Both deal with heartbreak, pain, joy, love, and just everyday life in very similar ways. Soul and R&B artists have successfully ventured into country for […]
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