Daniel Donato’s journey to A Young Man’s Country started with rocking out via video game Guitar Hero and quickly shifted to playing the real thing on the streets of Nashville and then joining the house band at the legendary Robert’s […]
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From the opening crescendo of “Trouble in Paradise,” Rufus Wainwright stalks through his latest album Unfollow the Rules with leonine grace and confidence. The album is his first pop album since 2012, though Wainwright has been busy, staging two operas […]
I have a distinct memory of opening my review copy of Pharis and Jason Romero’s second album, Long Gone Outwest Blues, back in 2013. Mostly because the packaging has such a distinctive design: a silhouette of a wolf filled with […]
At the end of the day, you just have to chalk it up to experience. That’s the creed behind Secret Emchy Society’s newest album, The Chaser. Recorded in the Bay Area basement of veteran rock and country singer Cindy Emch […]
The Perfect Plan is a perfect album for this moment. The Lowest Pair, composed of Northwest banjo and punk stalwart Kendl Winter and Minneapolis string band vet Palmer T. Lee, are truly in their prime here, their sixth album together. […]
Ashley McBryde has won a CMA Award, a CMT Award, and an ACM Award. She’s charted on the Top 40 on the Country Airplay charts. In other words, she doesn’t fit the profile of a typical artist reviewed by No […]
You might not know much about Caleb Caudle, but you can tell a lot about him from the company he keeps. For Better Hurry Up, the seasoned singer-songwriter assembled a crack team of roots music stars in the Cash Cabin: […]
What if I told you it’s possible to distill years of therapy and self-actualization into a single album? You might laugh, but I have good news: Maya de Vitry’s sophomore solo album How to Break a Fall does all that […]
When Carolina Comes Home Again is Jim Lauderdale’s 33rd album, so it’s safe to say he knows what he’s doing. Not only does Carolina showcase Lauderdale’s prowess, it also proves his ability to pick out just the right people for […]
Old-time warmth, 21st-century sass. It’s a potent recipe for that few artists successfully pull off — and Miss Tess is one of them. The vintage Nashville-based singer lays down world-weary vocals and scorching guitar solos on her 1930s Weymann archtop, […]
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