Dori Freeman would likely make a good friend in real life. Do You Recall, her compelling fifth LP, features vivid tales of romantic friction that will inspire nods of recognition, introspective monologues sure to ring true for anyone used to […]
“I ain’t a good girl, though everybody thinks I am / I gotta mind that’s dirty as the bottom of a coffee can,” bubbles Dori Freeman on “I Am,” buoyed by a toe-tapping beat that’s anything but nasty. After three […]
Teddy Thompson has produced albums by both Dori Freeman — all of hers, in fact —and a more established twangy redhead, Allison Moorer. The latter woman’s song, “A Soft Place to Fall,” was the centerpiece of a scene in The […]
Like many music writers this time of year, I am currently in the process of going back through the dozens of albums that crossed my desk to give them another listen and begin to formulate my year-end “best of” list. […]
The Art of Songwriting Workshop, World of Bluegrass, 9/28/2018
The titles of a few of the songs on Dori Freeman’s new album, Letters Never Read, could have come straight out of a book of stories by Harry Crews or Flannery O’Connor: “Yonder Comes a Sucker,” “Ern & Zorry’s Sneakin’ […]
For some reason my memory of Dori Freeman’s first album was a collection of gentle beautifully executed folk songs, showcasing Freeman’s unparalleled voice. After listening to Letters Never Read, I went back to get a better understanding of just how […]
This week we’ve got new releases from some No Depression favorites. Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn are back with banjos a-blazing, and Dori Freeman, who made us swoon with her debut last year, offers a follow-up that shows no signs […]
Despite being from the Appalachian music hotbed of Galax, Virginia, singer-songwriter Dori Freeman’s music is neither bluegrass nor old-time nor folk, even, exactly. But what it takes from those traditions is telling the truth, the whole truth, even when it […]
If you thought all the significant releases of the year were already out, think again: 2017 is shaping up as a banner year for roots Channel and Americana music. Here are ten more, some already on everyone’s radar, and some […]
