Buffalo Nichols ain’t messing around. The blues and folk music started as outlets for Black voices and stories, and singer-songwriter Nichols is determined to bring that experience back to those musical forms. The first stop on that quest is his […]
“Who will sing these working blues?” Ike Reilly asks at the start of his new album, Because the Angels. In a sense, this late-blooming Midwestern bard has been doing just that since his audacious 2001 debut, Salesmen and Racists, which […]
Never let it be said that Jason Isbell doesn’t keep his promises. Back in November 2020, Isbell promised to record a cover album of songs from Georgia-born artists if the electoral results from the Peach State came out in favor […]
Abby Bryant can sing her ass off. From sultry soul to heartbreaker blues, Bryant grabs it by the throat and flings it all over the stage like a rasslin’ title match smackdown. The Gastonia, North Carolina, native and her guitar-slingin’ […]
There’s a good reason why Taylor Kingman refers to his band’s music as “psychedelic doom boogie.” It’s the sort of kitchen sink label that pokes at the industry’s need for categorization. It’s also the only sort of descriptor that might […]
Sean Rowe writes vivid, lived-in songs and sings them with a voice that reverberates through your bones. No one sounds like he does, and when you hear the first few notes of a Sean Rowe song, you know you’re about […]
Not to sound like Emily Dickinson or even Wednesday Addams over here, but life is impermanent. You’re alive and then, one day, you aren’t. What’s left is your legacy and the impact you had on others. You likely don’t need […]
There hasn’t been enough new music from Britain’s Billy Bragg lately. In 2017, he addressed current events with his usual plainspoken eloquence on the bracing EP Bridges Not Walls, though no album followed (apart from a 2019 collection of mostly […]
“Everybody’s got a story they’re trying to tell.” The Wild Feathers don’t merely speak this truth on their new album, Alvarado, but live it across 12 passionate songs. As their debut album on new label home New West Records, the […]
If Natalie Hemby’s songwriting style feels like a familiar, comfortable old friend, that’s no wonder: A two-decade veteran of the country music industry, she’s the pen behind some of country radio’s most recognizable hits, writing songs for artists like Miranda […]
