Singer/guitarist Samantha Fish is widely known and respected within the blues rock world for her soulful vocals and fiery guitar playing, but on Faster she shifts in a pop direction, one rooted in blues rock, but a departure from her […]
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The funny thing about singer-songwriter Malcolm Holcombe calling an album Tricks of the Trade is that there’s an implication that songwriting, Holcombe’s trade, lends itself to subterfuge, that one can fool a good song into existence the same way a […]
Ric Robertson’s cover of Jonathan Henley’s “Rolling River” captures the spirit of Robertson’s album, Carolina Child. Where the original is raw gospel, Robertson takes the tune in a number of different directions, adding speed and polish, establishing his own songwriting […]
Leftover Salmon’s Brand New Good Old Days isn’t a sarcastic title. The album is fun and hopeful, with elements of bluegrass, country, rock, and jazz organically woven together, recalling classic Grateful Dead. Their cover of the iconic Soundgarden song, “Black […]
If YouTube has taught us anything, which is debatable, it’s that there’s no shortage of dazzling instrumentalists in any genre you can imagine. Bluegrass-inspired musician Eli West is one of the talented artists you can find there, but what makes […]
Singer-songwriter John Smith, like so many, had a brutal 2020. Even putting aside a pandemic — which destroyed his in-person concert livelihood practically overnight — he and his wife suffered a miscarriage and his mother learned she had cancer. Unsurprisingly, […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: As album releases slow down in December, we like to catch our breath and write about albums that came out earlier in the year that we didn’t get a chance to review but we think are worthy of […]
Siblings Donny and Marie Osmond may have grappled with their country-to-rock-and-roll balance, but the Brothers Osborne demonstrate greater comfort with their family’s ratio on Skeletons, the duo’s third album of heavy, glam-laced country. The brothers, singer T.J. and guitarist John, […]
Nashville-based singer/songwriter/guitarist/mandolinist Brennen Leigh reminds us that roots music is about stories, not ZIP codes, on Prairie Love Letter, her reflection on growing up along the border between Minnesota and North Dakota. Folk-oriented music like this can sound light and […]
Sometimes it’s a struggle to describe an album, but fingerstyle blues singer/guitarist Cary Morin’s Dockside Saints makes the TV Guide-style capsule easy: “Acoustic blues frolics while under the influence of zydeco.” But to understand what that short explanation means in […]
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