After two years when health problems prevented his performing, fans of Todd Snider can look forward to the release of Best of All My Songs, a six-vinyl-album box set offering a retrospective on his thirty-year career. In 2014, Snider […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: With Solo Debut, ‘Dear Life,’ Brenna MacMillan Delivers a Bluegrass Reflection on Life
From the opening notes of Brenna MacMillan’s debut solo album Dear Life, her authenticity shines through. The album is a collection of original songs, which opens with the autobiographical “What’s to Come?” revealing, “I grew up Kentucky born – Texas […]
Without a doubt, the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys have a sense of who they are. While recording their new album, Wanderers Like Me, they aimed for “something more ‘us’ than ever before,” the band declared in their album announcement. To do […]
On her fourth full-length album, The Only Moment, Maya de Vitry exhibits a sense of self-awareness in her lyrics and in arrangements that complement her vocals. The songs, all written or co-written by de Vitry, strike a balance between a […]
Even without the historical significance behind its creation, the release of Earl Jam: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs is cause for celebration. Tony Trischka, the driving force behind the project, is an award-winning banjo master himself who has always acknowledged […]
On her new album, TREES, Laurie Lewis invites listeners to join her on a ramble through the natural world as she experiences both loss and joy. This project is her first without the mandolin accompaniment of long-time collaborator and partner […]
In her first solo album, I Built a World, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes creates an enticing landscape and allows listeners to join her there. Fresh from a Grammy win with Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway, Keith-Hynes demonstrates on this project that her […]
One might be tempted to say that the My Black Country album, released in conjunction with Alice Randall’s memoir of the same name, is timed well. Close on the heels of Beyoncé’s first foray into country music with the release […]
Admittedly, the first impression upon listening to the South Midland flat vowel sounds on Josh Fortenbery’s debut solo album, No Such Thing as Forever, may be that he sure doesn’t sound like he’s from Alaska. And he’s not. While his […]
In their first duo project, Simple Motion, singer-songwriters Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz suggest responses to inevitable change. That might mean hopping a train or a ship with a certain destination, or one might “Ramble” — stepping outside, “one foot […]
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