“I ain’t a good girl, though everybody thinks I am / I gotta mind that’s dirty as the bottom of a coffee can,” bubbles Dori Freeman on “I Am,” buoyed by a toe-tapping beat that’s anything but nasty. After three […]
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Consider the dilemma of the country-music legend who doesn’t want to rest on her laurels. Is it enough to show you’re still in the game by making a record that may be merely adequate? Is it better to modernize your […]
It’s easy to sing songs about love — and so hard to strike a distinctive note. But on her second solo outing since the end of her musical partnership with Ben Walker, Britain’s Josienne Clarke gets everything right, crafting gently […]
It’s hard not to be a little bit jealous of Christopher Turpin and Stephanie Jean Turpin, also known as the zealously eclectic duo Ida Mae. On Click Click Domino, their endlessly engaging sophomore album, the spouses survey classic American styles […]
Nothing is as simple as it first appears in the engaging music of Faye Webster. On her terrific fourth album, I Know I’m Funny haha, the charming Atlanta native spins time-tested tales of romantic longing, disappointment, and occasionally satisfaction, setting […]
Discontent and longing tell the story on Shame and Sedition, the bracing third album from New England trio Lula Wiles. From anguish over relationships gone bad to fury at the injustices of the world, Eleanor Buckland, Isa Burke, and Mali […]
Times are tough. Add up the challenges posed by systemic racism, economic inequality, environmental woes, and, of course, the pandemic, among many other ills, and the modern world can feel downright overwhelming. However, Carsie Blanton is on the case. Fiery […]
For timely relief from modern problems, you can’t top Dance Songs for Hard Times, the electrifying new long player from Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band. Although this Indiana-spawned combo was already well versed in tales of life on the edge […]
Do you ever really get over your upbringing? On her first album in nearly a decade, Garrison Starr meets her demons head-on, conducting a full-fledged exorcism as she surveys the psychic damage that left the Mississippi-bred singer “broke in two.” […]
Passions run high on It’s a Beautiful Day and I Love You, the gripping third album from Nashville-based storyteller Jillette Johnson. She’s not talking about “a beautiful day” in the Mr. Rogers way. Her vivid vignettes are soaked in regret, […]
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