For most people, Sunday is a day of rest and reflection, a time to put the trials and tribulations of the past week behind and look forward to a new beginning. But for the men of Mississippi State Penitentiary, […]
Tamara Lindeman makes challenging music. It’s not meant to bring comfort, but somehow always does it anyway, just by ferrying to the surface the innermost thoughts that plague so many. The Weather Station, Lindeman’s recording outfit, has centered climate […]
Bruce Piephoff was a street poet with the soul of a fallen angel. Piephoff’s body of work chronicled migrants, the dispossessed, the downtrodden, and rootless wanderers who just chose to roam endlessly. Piephoff, who passed away in April of last […]
Ethan Samuel Brown paints gorgeous character portraits on his stunning sophomore album Small Actors. Brown, based in Nashville, has played quite a few supporting roles in the ten years since his solo debut, The Outset Lament. He’s worked as a […]
A famous bard once asked, “What is love?” and Humbird seeks to answer that on her quirky EP Astrovan: The Love Song Vignettes. Clocking in at just about 15 minutes, one would think these 10 songs might be a one-off […]
Growling, yelping, and shouting with unnerving fervor, Frederick James Mullis, Jr. brings a rogue’s gallery of characters to life on the riveting Medium Raw. The Alabama native, who records as Early James, echoes the boisterous folk mavericks of long ago […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne’s Ooh Yeah! was released on Nov. 15 on Stony Plain Records. We’re reviewing it now as part of a year-end round up of some of the best albums we missed along the way […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Kate Prascher’s Shake The Dust came out Aug. 30. We’re reviewing it now as part of a year-end round up of some of the best albums we missed along the way this year. “How sad and how sweet” […]
Little drummer boy been beating you ragged? Silver bells on every street corner driving you nuts? Tired of hearing what Mariah Carey wants for Christmas? There’s relief in sight. Ben Levin has some new presents for you. The Cincinnati […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Rose Hotel’s A Pawn Surrender came out on June 7, on Strolling Bones Records. We’re reviewing it now as part of a year-end round up of some of the best albums we missed along the way this […]
