Mention the name Will Kimbrough and the word “collaboration” often springs to mind, such is the long and rich list of his musical partners: Jimmy Buffett, Emmylou Harris, Todd Snider, Shemekia Copeland, and Gretchen Peters to name only some. Among […]
It wasn’t long ago that honky-tonk heroine Emily Nenni set her time-tinted croon against the dazzling prairiescape of On the Ranch, her 2022 release where songs of hard work and hard-won wisdom freely roamed (ND review). For her follow-up, Drive […]
Kyshona invites us all to find pride in our histories on her stunning new album, Legacy. The album is sonically influenced by her late grandfather HT, who led his church’s choir: These songs are a new gospel of honor, veneration, […]
For an artist like singer-songwriter Sam Beam, who has operated under the stage name Iron & Wine since 2002, there’s always a maddening and mystifying distance between his short-hand persona (bearded, honey-hushed singing folkie) and his actual recording output (varied, […]
Albums such as Welcome to Hard Times, Music City USA, and his last release, The Man from Waco, highlight Charley Crockett’s unique meld of the tragic, the wistful, and the satirical. With his 13th album, $10 Cowboy, he offers his […]
The January Album, the fourth record from Adam and David Moss, those twin sons of Peoria, Illinois, known musically as The Brother Brothers, is a COVID-era record in the strictest sense: The Mosses wrote most of its 12 tracks during […]
Darin and Brooke Aldridge make beautiful music together. On their new album, Talk of the Town, the first couple of bluegrass — he’s a first-class mandolinist and guitarist, and she’s a four-time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year — build […]
Furious Kindness is the first album in nine years from Barnstar!, the quintet who have proudly claimed in their promotional materials that they “make bluegrass for people who hate bluegrass.” Their unique approach to the genre, focusing more on the song […]
It’s not safe to expect more of the same from an artist as curious and driven as Aaron Lee Tasjan. Tasjan’s new album, Stellar Evolution, tracks his growth as a person and an artist. Tasjan may be known to No […]
On her new album, Shadow, Lizz Wright creates a dazzling soundscape with her smooth, sultry vocals as she ranges from jazz and blues to folk and soul. Shadow contains five original songs as well as her interpretations of songs she […]
