Billy Strings (Rounder/Concord)
After spending a decade building a following across multiple genres of music, Billy Strings was ready to see his career explode at the...
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Beth Kaufmann
Oct 12, 20212 min read
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (Alligator)
The Mississippi Delta, birthplace of the Blues, has spawned generations of musicians who embrace the raw authenticity of the genre....
Ellie Sanders
Oct 5, 20212 min read
Helado Negro (4AD)
We’re all familiar with “far out,” but what about “far in?” To Roberto Carlos Lange, otherwise known as Helado Negro, this opposition is...
Jack Barton
Sep 28, 20212 min read
Ida Mae (Independent/Thirty Tigers)
Musicality, passion, and energy mark the tracks on Click Click Domino, the second album from English transplants Ida Mae, who now make...
Beth Kaufmann
Sep 21, 20212 min read
The Marias (Atlantic)
Maria Zardoya and Josh Conway met in 2015 after a gig at the Kibitz Room, setting the stage for the duo’s formation of The Marias. They...
Ellie Sanders
Sep 14, 20212 min read
Shungudzo (BMG)
As a mechanism of activism, powerful impacts of poetry happen when the message irrevocable permeates and alters our beliefs moving us...
Jack Barton
Sep 7, 20212 min read
The Heavy Hours (BMG)
The BMG debut from The Heavy Hours, Wildfire, is an endearing collection of Indie Pop tunes that are collaborative compositions by the...
Beth Kaufmann
Aug 31, 20212 min read
The Wandering Hearts (Arts & Crafts)
Most of life does not happen instantaneously, but The Wandering Hearts, after meeting through mutual friends in 2015, were discovered by...
Ellie Sanders
Aug 24, 20212 min read
Slothrust (Dangerbird)
Through considering the existential questions around whether we are better off alone or exploring the connective depths binding us...
Jack Barton
Aug 17, 20211 min read
Whitehorse (Single Lock)
When you think of a performing duo, most times you don’t think of Rock & Roll, but Whitehorse challenges those limits of your...
Beth Kaufmann
Aug 10, 20212 min read
Pokey LaFarge (New West)
Like most of us, Pokey LaFarge was ready to move forward in March 2020. In anticipation of spending considerable time touring in support...
Ellie Sanders
Aug 3, 20212 min read
Southern Avenue (Renew/BMG)
On a straight path running through the draw of the Blues and the magnetic energy of Southern Soul music runs Southern Avenue, a group...
Jack Barton
Jul 27, 20212 min read
Martin Sexton (KTR)
A true American troubadour, Martin Sexton has spent decades riding the rails through venues large and small, developing an intimate and...
Beth Kaufmann
Jul 20, 20212 min read
Maggie Rose (Starstruck/Soundly)
Maggie Rose’s third album, Have a Seat, shows a gifted singer-songwriter coming into her own as a lyricist and as an artist. She spent...
Ellie Sanders
Jul 13, 20212 min read
Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real (Fantasy/Concord)
The pandemic manifested for many a forced experiment in stillness with varying results, many still to be determined. For Lukas Nelson...
Beth Kaufmann
Jun 29, 20211 min read
Brett Dennen (Mick)
See The World is Brett Dennen’s latest release - a gentle, healing and meditative collection of music that urges us to get out, move on...
Ellie Sanders
Jun 22, 20212 min read
Paula Fuga (Brushfire/Republic)
In only her second full-length album in 15 years, and first on frequent collaborator Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records, the enchanting...
Jack Barton
Jun 15, 20212 min read
Allison Russell (Fantasy/Concord)
A child of abuse at the hands of her stepfather, Allison Russell used that young trauma to fuel her art, winding her way through The...
Beth Kaufmann
Jun 8, 20212 min read
Pom Pom Squad (City Slang)
Pom Pom Squad, a Brooklyn-based four-piece band fronted by Mia Berrin, is set to release its debut LP Death Of A Cheerleader on June 25,...
Ellie Sanders
Jun 1, 20211 min read
Sleater-Kinney (Mom + Pop)
With their tenth full-length studio record, their third since returning from a 6-year hiatus in 2013, “riot grrrl” veteran rockers...
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