M.C. Taylor’s music has always lifted us up. It has been the reliable light in the darkness, seeking goodness in everyone and creating the kind of live show experience that leaves you feeling satiated and unburdened, with an inkling to […]
With He Walked On, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien lays all his cards on the table from the first song, “When You Pray (Move Your Feet).” The saying was a favorite of the late Georgia congressman John Lewis, and it […]
A trip through Mississippi Hill Country can be a bit stark, accompanied by the drone of angry mosquitoes pursuing you over the terrain. But if your guide has skills filtered down through family that can navigate the territory, it can […]
John Darnielle has never exactly been sporadic with his creative output. His band The Mountain Goats reliably issues new albums every 12-18 months, and Darnielle has penned multiple novels, articles, and webzines besides. But lately, man, his musical synapses are […]
A pattern is beginning to emerge for Gabe Dixon fans, one in which a new solo album is gifted to us every five years. After One Spark, Dixon’s solo debut in 2011, and Turns to Gold, which dropped in 2016, […]
Being a teenager can be brutal, to borrow a descriptor used by bourgeoning teenage pop superstar Olivia Rodrigo. You spend your teens trying to fit in with your peers, meet your parents’ expectations, and figure out who the hell you […]
What a year to meditate on feeling like you’re on the outside of things! With her buttery voice, K.C. Jones takes a break from her band Feufollet’s Cajun French music to deliver a powerful album about life on the fringes: […]
Floating in quietly on the downstrums of a guitar, Amy Helm’s tender vocals evoke a loving kindness and compassion on “Verse 23,” the sparse opening track of her third album, What the Flood Leaves Behind. Swelling background vocals carry the […]
There is a certain style of male voice that just oozes angst. Think Bruce Springsteen, Chris Rea, Thom Yorke. The songs are great — but, oh, the inner pain, the questioning pain! Judging from his new album, Hold Fast, Scottish […]
Fifty years ago, Bruce Iglauer founded a record label based on Hound Dog Taylor’s gloriously fuzzy, raucous, and rattly guitar. The six-fingered guitarist cranked out his brand of houserockin’ blues with a slide repurposed from a kitchen table leg backed […]
