EDITOR’S NOTE: As the end of the year approaches, we’re taking a look back at albums we weren’t able to review when they first came out. The Bible was released in September via Merge Records. Once upon a time, […]
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If you thought my first column this year focusing on upcoming notable roots music releases was packed with good stuff, you will be even more thrilled with what’s in store in the next few weeks. From Rhiannon Giddens’ and Otis […]
Has it really been two months since my last update on new and recent releases? Well, a lot has happened during that time — not the least of all some more-than-noteworthy releases, roots and more. All of these are, one way or […]
Nashville collective Lambchop are no stranger to difficult concept albums. Their much-admired 2000 release Nixon, near as anyone can tell, wasn’t actually about Nixon, and their latest, the heavily instrumental pair of simultaneously released albums Aw Cmon and No You […]
Their sixth album in eight years finds Lambchop finding ever more intricate tapestries in their luxuriously unfolding music. With Is A Woman, the band reached for and has achieved a new level of intimacy. Love and beauty are the substance […]
With nearly a dozen years of releases under their belt, Lambchop have rooted around in their attic and cellar for this revealing set of odds and ends. Rather than adhering to a chronological parade, the set has been smartly sequenced […]
There’s a sparkling highway running through the heart of Nashville, and near it, there’s a beaten trail, and off of that, there’s Lambchop, the Sweat Hogs of the Music City. The ever-changing head count ends up thirteen on Nixon, the […]
Lambchop, lovely weirdoes amidst a sea of alt-country rockers, are true innovators. Their music might best be described as ambient country pop, using strong melody oozing through lush velvety arrangements of whitewashed guitar, steel, horn and percussion. Texture is what […]
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