It’s been a long time since 1965. Back then, Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder were kids, plucky upstarts playing together in the band Rising Sons with a mutual love of the deeply rhythmic Piedmont style of the blues. The […]
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Freakons is a supergroup of sorts, a pairing of Jon Langford and Sally Timms from long-running UK punk rockers The Mekons and pioneering Kentucky-based alt-country outfit Freakwater’s Catherine Irwin and Janet Beveridge Bean. After first connecting nearly a decade […]
If you’re looking for a batch of solid tunes to check out this week, look no further than the debut LP from alt-country outfit Sophie and the Broken Things. Titled Delusions of Grandeur, the 10 songs offered up by singer-songwriter […]
As Hurray for the Riff Raff, Alynda Segarra used her 2016 LP The Navigator to reclaim her Puerto Rican heritage. That was a remarkable album, seamlessly pulling together folk, punk, and Latin music to take listeners through that personal journey. […]
As Cat Power, Chan Marshall has elevated the art of the cover song and how an artist can make someone else’s material their own. Nearly all of her records feature at least one cover, and she’s devoted two LPs to […]
What’s that line in Godfather III, just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in? Elvis Costello is unquestionably one of the greatest songwriters in popular music history, and recent reissues of seminal works like This Year’s […]
The light. Some people spend their whole lives seeking out the metaphorical light in the hope that finding it will help bring a sense of clarity to their lives. For others, the light is literal and comes from an […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: As album releases slow down in December, we like to catch our breath and write about albums that came out earlier in the year that we didn’t get a chance to review but we think are worthy of […]
How many times can you capture lightning in a bottle? Rock god Robert Plant and bluegrass legend Alison Krauss did it once, with their 2007 collaboration Raising Sand. It was a smash hit, winning six Grammys (including Record and Album […]
There’s a lot out there that alienates and isolates people. Between a toxic political discourse, the (also toxic) social media bubble, and the COVID-19 pandemic, disconnection and apathy can become appealing options. Well, Curtis Harding is here to tell you […]
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