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 […]
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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, […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: In December, we like to take a look back at albums we didn’t get around to reviewing earlier in the year. Strange Chemistry was released in July. Before we go any further, it’s necessary to remind you […]
Karen Pittelman returns to her roots on Guaranteed Broken Heart: gothic summonings and Jewish country music. Pittelman, the frontwoman for Karen & the Sorrows, has been a leading light in the queer country movement. Her long-standing concert series, the Gay […]
The evening birds punctuated the silence as Kelsey Waldon spoke to me from her back porch just outside of Nashville. For Waldon, it was a time to catch her breath before launching the tour to support her new album, White […]
You don’t get to play on 29 albums within six years on flash alone. John Calvin Abney’s greatest asset — as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter — is his ability to surrender to the song. It’s what’s paired him with […]
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 […]
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 […]
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