Here’s my one-sentence review of Easy Keeper: Del Barber has really hit the sweet spot. It’s not just his songwriting, or even his performance, on this album. It’s that Barber’s sense of himself is so secure, and joyful, that it […]
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I’d like to describe Elaina Kay’s debut album, Issues, like a rocket ship — but I think a galloping horse but might be more apt in this case. Kay grew up near the Texas-Oklahoma border, waking up each day at […]
It seems to have become a dirty word, but if anyone embodies “alt-country,” it’s Massy Ferguson. On their fifth album, Great Divides, Massy Ferguson confronts a life well-lived and hard-won. The Seattle-based band combines the desolate, impactful lyrics of Seattle’s […]
Traditionalism doesn’t have to come burdened with a troubling nostalgia. Just ask Akron, Ohio’s The Shootouts, who have created a witch’s brew in their country-western, swing, and rock-and-roll potion Quick Draw. It’s a rollicking romp through the past half-century of […]
In the midst of the ever-present cycle of controversy about authenticity in country music, we all know that sincerity is the key that unlocks the whole mystery. Being an actual cowboy like An American Forrest sure doesn’t hurt. On O […]
Anna Tivel’s voice is like the cutting wind of the Pacific Northwest, her homeland — or at least how I imagine it to be. Tivel’s singing has an unflinching clarity matched only by her literary lyrics. Each song on Tivel’s […]
From the first bent string on “Pinkville,” you’ll find yourself drawn into Rod Melancon’s world. Pinkville is a not-so-alternate universe of desperation, perspiration, and a little bit of perseverance. Melancon’s raspy vocals suit his cover of Tom Waits’ “Goin’ Out […]
It may be old-time music, but it’s not the old ways of thinking. That’s the main takeaway from the debut album of clawhammer banjo player Allison de Groot (Molsky’s Mountain Drifters) and masterful fiddler Tatiana Hargreaves (Gillian Welch, Laurie Lewis). […]
For an album inspired by loss, Wish You Were Here is brimming with life. Joshua Ray Walker’s debut feels less like a shaky first album and more like a portfolio of greatest hits. The Dallas singer-songwriter has road-tested his material throughout […]
For an album inspired by loss, Wish You Were Here is brimming with life. Joshua Ray Walker’s debut feels less like a shaky first album and more like a portfolio of greatest hits. The Dallas singer-songwriter has road-tested his material throughout […]
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