“Music City is a town that can knock you down and leave you in total despair,” guitarist/vocalist Trey Hensley moans on his original “Backstreets Off Broadway,” from his latest collaboration with dobroist Rob Ickes, Living in a Song. But due […]
Dubbed king of the honky-tonk piano players, Aubrey “Moon” Mullican’s output was an eclectic mix of styles and genres. The rowdy pianist called his sound East Texas rock, but it’s a bit more complicated than that, a jumbled-up collection encompassing […]
Eddie 9V is a soulful minister, delivering the goods like a man who’s seen his musical calling writ large and is broadcasting it loud and clear. But even though he’s looking skyward, don’t be sidetracked by the title of his […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: As the year nears its close, we like to take a look back at albums we weren’t able to review earlier in the year. May Be the Last Time was released in September via Nola Blue Records. […]
Plays well with others. If Billy Strings still got a report card, that box would not only be checked but starred, bolded, underlined, and crammed with exclamation marks. The youthful stringpuller, who just turned 30 last month, has already racked […]
Angela Strehli has a voice as big as Texas. She deserves to have her likeness carved on the face of the biggest hill in the Lone Star State, Mount Rushmore-style, as a tribute to her musical prowess. Strehli has represented […]
Poet, soothsayer, boss, shaman, future of rock and roll: Bruce Springsteen has had a lot of capes thrown around his shoulders throughout his career. But recently he realized he also had a bespoke accessory, a soulman cape languishing in his […]
Grant Dermody covers a lot of territory with his harmonica. In the past, he’s visited Delta, Piedmont, and Chicago blues. He recently added Louisiana to his itinerary, relocating to Lafayette. For his latest, Behind the Sun, Dermody puts his own […]
The Claudettes have come a long way from their early days in Chicago dive bars, when blues pianist Johnny Iguana and percussionist Michael Caskey were hired and occasionally leased out by a bar owner named Claudette. Six years ago, Iguana […]
Soul is not dead. It’s been slumbering for a while, but in recent years it has been resuscitated by a handful of flamekeepers with the care and the tonsils to bring the music back to its former glory. Pittsburgh native […]
