A young woman escapes town in the dark, darting across the railroad tracks and into the woods. Why she left is unclear, but those were hard times of some sort. “Hey little girl you’ve got a long way to go / […]
At the dawn of 2021, the timing could not have been more apropos for Shall We Hope, the ambitious new album from banjo virtuoso Tony Trischka. Not even a week into the new year, the US Capitol saw rioters forcefully […]
Yasmin Williams’ second LP, Urban Driftwood (out Jan. 29), is a meditation on 2020 and the events of the last four years. Multi-instrumentalist Williams finished most of the songs during the COVID-19 lockdowns last year and as Black Lives Matter protesters […]
For Ani DiFranco, the personal and the political aren’t merely intertwined; they’re the same thing. If there’s a throughline that can be traced across her 30-plus years as a feminist and DIY icon, it’s that just merely existing, thinking, and […]
Like a torrential spring shower, the cascading notes pouring out of Justin Moses’ guitar and the mandolins, banjos, dobros, fiddles, and bass that surround him refresh and renew. Award-winning multi-instrumentalist Moses is joined on the album by the cream of […]
After four decades of making music and 14 studio albums, you would think there is little left to be discovered by an artist, little left to reinvent. But not for Matthew Sweet. His 15th studio album, Catspaw, is in some […]
Buck Meek’s new record, Two Saviors, was recorded in the thick of summer in New Orleans, and there’s something about the sweet, wandering pace of it that, when you listen to it, puts you there, too. Perfect to soundtrack a […]
Corey Ledet comes from zydeco royalty. Great granddaddy Gabriel Ledet played upright bass with legendary New Orleans jazz trumpeter Willie “Bunk” Johnson. Grandfather Buchanan was zydeco’s first drummer, boasting stints with Clifton Chenier and Rockin’ Dopsie, and cousin Hypolite Charles […]
As the world around them shut down and shuddered because of the pandemic and the troubled political landscape, husband-and-wife duo Waterfield and Fielder did what they do best: They wrote poignant and emotionally soaring songs that not only capture the […]
Sir Barry Gibb is staying alive with this album of collaborations with country, bluegrass, and Americana artists. Of course, many of the Bee Gees’ early songs flow as gently as a country stream, so his reimagining of some of those […]
