“Spread a little joy to everyone”: That’s the refrain of the last track on Blue Sky, a collaborative effort between the Reverend Shawn Amos & the Brotherhood and the Mudbug Brass Band called “Keep the Faith, Have Some Fun.” That […]
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Ron Sexsmith takes listeners on a dreamy, pastel-tinged vacation of the mind with Hermitage, a batch of 14 songs that range from loosely tropical swing-alongs to forlorn lullabies. Often backed by a simple piano line, the melodies in this album […]
Gill Landry wrote his newest batch of songs, Skeleton at the Banquet, while spending a summer in small-town Western France. In a press release, he says this vantage point gave him a better perspective on the subject matter for his […]
From its very first bars, the Milk Carton Kids’ new album, The Only Ones, pulls listeners in close. “I don’t want to fight anymore,” the duo sing in the opening lyric of “I Meant Every Word I Said,” accompanied solely […]
In his new album, Talking Dogs & Atom Bombs, Darrin Bradbury wraps up big, existential ideas in tiny packages — literally. The project’s longest song, “Hell’s More or Less the Same,” clocks in at just 3:21, while the bulk of […]
Angular rhythms and intricate guitar work abound in Madison Cunningham’s new album, Who Are You Now — but that doesn’t mean the project is an overly erudite listen. On the contrary, many of its melodies are earworms, the kind that […]
Ian Noe draws a forlorn portrait of his Eastern Kentucky home in his debut album, Between the Country. The project’s songs are populated by characters who often seem drawn straight out of dark folklore: A train-hopper meets his demise on […]
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