Because of the combination of his abundant skill, emotional vulnerability, earnest reverence for his artistic predecessors, and generally self-effacing style, it’s tempting to ignore, or at least downplay, the essential Gen Z bro-ness at the heart of Zach Bryan’s songcraft. […]
For an album inspired by loss, Wish You Were Here is brimming with life. Joshua Ray Walker’s debut feels less like a shaky first album and more like a portfolio of greatest hits. The Dallas singer-songwriter has road-tested his material throughout […]
The title of the sophomore album from Lula Wiles, What Will We Do, lacks a question mark, a detail that feels intentional. The title is taken from the traditional folk song “What Will We Do When We Have No Money?”, […]
With roots steeped in her Haitian heritage, Leyla McCalla has defined Kreyòl as a “language of resistance,” an identity she proudly embraces on her new album The Capitalist Blues. Throughout the poetic project, McCalla pairs insight with empathy to comment […]
When Liz Brasher’s EP Outcast hit the shelves last year, it introduced us in a bigger way to a soul singer who had a way with words in her songs, who shredded with the best, and who moved easily from the […]
Juliana Hatfield’s new album, Weird, arrives as if an intervening quarter-century of music didn’t happen, and she’s ready to serve a long term as reigning indie rock queen, beginning with this worthy follow-up to her career-making turn with the Juliana […]
North Country celebrates the transformative power of music and the emotional connections it fosters among musicians. Danny Burns invites us into his living room on this album to listen to a community of friends play and sing the music they love. […]
“…I take direction, I don’t take dictation. And it’s not for any reason other than that I just feel like I know what I’m doing better than anybody else knows what I’m doing.” On the back of the Charlie Daniels […]
