It’s hard to separate the cultural position and commercial success of Zach Bryan from the music he makes, so let’s cover it briefly. Bryan is a Navy veteran who found success posting video recordings of his songs on YouTube. He […]
Last year, Melbourne, Australia-based band The Paper Kites came upon a building in the rural outpost of Campbells Creek that once was a shop serving local gold miners. The band decided to give it a new life as a music […]
With the release of their debut full-length album, Dandelion Breeze, The Clements Brothers add a new dimension to the concept of blood harmony. Identical twins George and Charles Clements, formerly of The Lonely Heartstring Band, have created a collection of […]
With her third album, Psychopath, Morgan Wade steps more fully into her rock and pop leanings while remaining loyal to her country roots. As with her previous LP, 2021’s Reckless (ND review), Psychopath touches on eager love, doomed love, and […]
Jump for Joy is a work about the work. For the last two decades or so, Hiss Golden Messenger (comprised of MC Taylor and his bandmates) has followed a sonic calling to craft earnest, meaningful songs rooted in authentic experiences. […]
Halfway through Turnpike Troubadours’ A Cat in the Rain we meet a cowboy. He rides among backcountry aspens, lost in thought. He was younger, wilder once, for which he’s paid dearly. “I don’t miss the taste of liquor / or […]
Ketch Secor’s Old Crow Medicine Show started out as a hip retro stringband/bluegrass amalgam, playing traditional music with a reverent irreverence, and/or an irreverent reverence, depending on which side of the holler you were staring down. That was 25 years […]
Buck Meek sees love in everything, it seems. On his latest solo outing, Haunted Mountain, it looks like things both eternal and ephemeral, surrounding him like a hypnotic haze. Jewelry, nature, vistas, drawings, clothing — all become more beautiful, it […]
If indeed East Nash Grass is betting it all on Last Chance to Win, the follow-up to their 2021 self-titled debut, the odds of success are stacked in their favor. The album opens with an old-time vibe on the title […]
The king is back. Bluesman Bobby Rush, the 89-year-old King of the Chitlin’ Circuit, is still going strong. In 2021, he released Rawer Than Raw, a solo acoustic LP that earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Blues Album (ND […]
