Listening to Tracy Nelson sing is like being inside a pipe organ. Her magnificent instrument makes your whole body vibrate. It’s churchy as all get out, but there’s plenty of sinner loose in there as well. Whether looking out of […]
Listening to Tracy Nelson sing is like being inside a pipe organ. Her magnificent instrument makes your whole body vibrate. It’s churchy as all get out, but there’s plenty of sinner loose in there as well. Whether looking out of […]
Selwyn Birchwood’s latest release wouldn’t meet with approval from the Florida chamber of commerce. “Florida Man,” from the Orlando, Florida, native’s latest, Exorcist, features many Florida denizens who apparently have more than a viewing familiarity with the TV show COPS. […]
If you want a heaping plate full of twang, let Sara Petite be your server. With her original roots planted in a tulip farm in Sumner, Washington, the self-proclaimed rhubarb pie capitol of the world, Petite developed a taste for […]
In February of last year, seven members of the Grammy-nominated Mardi Gras Indian funk band Cha Wa strutted away to pursue a second line in another direction. Citing “irreconcilable internal differences,” the new aggregation, headed by former Cha Wa lead […]
For her eponymous debut, 27-year-old Malawi native Keturah presents a world-class collection of world music. This is gorgeous stuff, harvested from a garden of delights representing an impressive spread of flavors and textures. Malawi has always been a musical cauldron […]
Taj Mahal is a hard man to disguise. Throw a cloak over him, sit him in a corner, hide him in a back room. But as soon as he gets near a mic, his cover is blown. His substantial […]
It sounds just like you’d expect from some good ol’ boys who named their band after a salamander. After a 30-year hiatus, the reunited and expanded version of Athens, Georgia’s Chickasaw Mudd Puppies pumps out bluesy, Southern rocky swamp metal. […]
Carter Sampson specializes in plain talk. The Oklahoma singer-songwriter doesn’t fool around much with metaphors, she just hauls off and punches you right in the gut. “I sent you a drunk text / And I meant it,” she admits on […]
To hell, with snakes, could be David Childers’ mantra. Since his 1994 debut, Godzilla, He Done Broke Out, he’s been a hellish tour guide, leading a series of bands from the Mount Holly Hellcats to the Modern Don Juans to […]
Eric Bibb has built a career as Mr. Mellow with his soft-spoken, bluesy folk meanderings since his 1972 debut, Ain’t It Grand. For his latest, Ridin’, the global griot, soulful troubadour, street preacher, and mellow bluesman continues down the same […]
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