Beloved Nashville artist Gretchen Peters has released her tribute to the legendary songwriter Mickey Newbury, recorded at the historic Cinderella Studios, where Newbury recorded his landmark albums of the late 1960s/early 1970s: Looks Like Rain, Frisco Mabel Joy, and Heaven […]
“Nickel and Dime Blues” speaks on issues such as financial insecurity and health care. The song showcases Gangstagrass’ bluegrass side, with the pickers grooving against a funky clap track. Dan Whitener sings lead and follows a poor worker into a […]
Canadian singer-songwriter David Myles has released his latest album, Leave Tonight, this May. The album’s collection of 10 songs has at its core a romantic essence coupled with a side of chill and sophistication. Equal parts Americana, breezy ballads, folk, […]
“The man singing these songs isn’t exactly the same man who wrote them,” says Pokey LaFarge of Rock Bottom Rhapsody, his eighth and latest studio release. “This album is about the story of who I used to be.”
We’re excited to announce that the high quality, deep-digging music journalism, photography, and illustration in our quarterly print journals will now be available digitally! Current print subscribers will automatically receive digital versions of our Summer 2020 journal on May 18, […]
A sunny, swaying, pedal-steel-inflected number from Chicago rock-n-roll squad ROOKIE, pulling together the best elements of Gram Parsons, Thin Lizzy, and Summerteeth-era Wilco. From their self-titled debut album, out now everywhere.
Like many other events this month, FreshGrass’ inaugural Bentonville | FreshGrass festival in Arkansas was called off due to coronavirus precautions. But, as they say in the business, the show must go on, so the FreshGrass Foundation — the parent […]
Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and iconoclast David Bromberg, from his ’71 debut album to his latest, Big Road, is still pushing boundaries, still an iconoclast, still unapologetically unique. A master of American roots music idioms and possessed of an encyclopedic trove of […]
Walking Proof is Lilly Hiatt’s fourth and most probing collection to date. Produced by former Cage the Elephant guitarist Lincoln Parish, the record walks the line between Hiatt’s rough rock-and-roll exterior and her tender, country roots, exuding a bold vulnerability as […]
As our culture grows increasingly isolated and selfish, Seattle-based roots group Western Centuries believes that the way forward is better together. Call the Captain, the band’s third full-length record, is a cosmic, genre-melding testament to the power of collaboration and humility. […]
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