Georgia Blue — Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit On November 5, 2020, two days after Election Day and two days before President Biden realized victory, Georgia’s vote counts were slowly – agonizingly slowly – tilting away from Donald Trump. Seeing the momentum turning, Jason Isbell promised, for the whole world to see on Twitter, […]
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My last concert before the whole shut down in March 2020 was Colorado-based musician Joel Van Horne. Performing with his band as Covenhoven, the artist’s show was an intimate affair at Denver’s Mercury Cafe where we all found ourselves a bit unsure whether we were supposed to be enjoying, well, anything, especially in a group […]
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The Wild Feathers — Alvarado Signing a new deal with a label – the RIGHT label – can re-energize a band, giving it a new sense of purpose and, hopefully, a little more creative freedom. After inking a deal with Americana stalwart New West Records, Nashville-based band The Wild Feathers felt confident enough in their […]
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Strand of Oaks — In Heaven There has inarguably been an immense amount of grief over the past year and a half, but sometimes lost in the combined fog of COVID, racial protest, police brutality and insurrection, is the fact that normal life, with all of its attendant loss and heartbreak, has continued to push […]
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It’s been one hell of a three-plus years for Brandi Carlile. Since releasing By The Way, I Forgive You in early 2018. The Washington stater has gone from Americana darling to multiple Grammy winner, festival headliner, best-selling author, co-founder of the Highwomen, and de facto gay spokesperson, and she seems to have reveled in each […]
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Larkin Poe — Paint The Roses: Live in Concert Like most artists who released new material in 2020, Larkin Poe found itself with no way to present the new songs live to fans – live streams are nice, but it just doesn’t match being in the room, especially with guitar virtuosos like sisters Rebecca and […]
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Adia Victoria — A Southern Gothic The idea that history is written by those in power is undergoing a long-overdue reckoning. Whether it’s Confederate statues being toppled in Richmond and Charlottesville, protests of police brutality in any number of cities, or musicians making the decision to require proof of vaccination of concert-goers, new voices are […]
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Adia Victoria photo by Huy Nguyen After issuing a wake-up call with 2020’s standout single, “South Gotta Change,” singer-songwriter Adia Victoria is back this month with her third album, A Southern Gothic, a record full of untold tales about sorely underrepresented folks in the South. We talked to Victoria about the importance of bringing these […]
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Heartless Bastards — A Beautiful Life Whenever someone hems and haws at me about going to see an opening band, I tell them about Heartless Bastards. Having never heard of them before seeing them open for Lucinda Williams in Asheville way back in ‘07, I, along with a bunch of my fellow concert-goers, was instantly […]
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David Ferguson — Nashville No More There are musicians who don’t actively seek the spotlight, and then there’s David Ferguson. “Fergie” has spent decades behind the scenes in Nashville, working his way up from serving as a literal errand boy for “Cowboy” Jack Clement to co-founding the Butcher Shoppe recording studio with John Prine to […]
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