Dan Penn Smoke Filled Room On December 5th, in Austin, Texas, I was poised—with palpable excitement—to step into a veritable temple of the blues and a true institution of the Texas capital: Antone’s Nightclub. Since opening its doors in 1975, the venue has hosted a mind-blowing lineup of performers. All the greats have passed through […]
Benjamin Tod Vengeance and Grace Benjamin Tod, bandleader of Lost Dog Street Band, where he played alongside his wife, fiddle player Ashley Mae, decided to put the band on an indefinite hiatus following the arrival of their first child. But it does not mean that the Tennessee native songwriter has stopped making music. After his […]
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Mel and The Tall Boys Frontier Of Love (Lacy Records) Mel and The Tall Boys, dubbed New York’s hardest-working bar band—as they like to call themselves—arrive with their debut album Frontier Of Love, which was released March 13 on Lacy Records. Mel Johnston, with her Wanda Jackson attitude infused with punk rock and new wave, […]
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Cat Clyde Mud Blood Bone Cat Clyde is back with her fourth album Mud Blood Bone, released March 13 on Concord Records. Questioning her Métis Indigenous identity and searching for love while affirming her independence, she explains: “I wrote these songs at the end of a big cycle. Love was not present in my life […]
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The Brook & The Bluff “Werewolf” The Nashville-based band The Brook & The Bluff are back, and they clearly intend to be heard. Their new album Werewolf, releasing on March 6 on Dualtone Music Group, arrives on a label well known to Americana and indie rock listeners for quality music. Although rock has always been […]
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Donovan Woods Squander Your Gifts (02/27/26) (Meant Well Inc./Warner Music Canada Co) As is often the case in song, the most beautiful stories are those that carry the saddest emotions. In the grand tradition of country and folk songwriters, Ontario native Donovan Woods delivers a poignant five-track EP, Squander Your Gifts, about loss, love, and friendship. […]
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Boy Golden Best of Our Possible Lives The Canadian songwriter Liam Duncan releases his fourth album, Best of Our Possible Lives, on February 13 via Six Shooter Records, under his stage moniker Boy Golden. The twelve songs were recorded and produced by Robbie Lackritz at Lucy’s Meat Market in Los Angeles, with an all-star lineup […]
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The Lone Bellow What a Time to Be Alive When an unforeseen disaster turns into a joyful, luminous, and lush album—recorded in a place as legendary as Muscle Shoals, Alabama, home to FAME Studios, where soul, rock, and country icons carved timeless classics—it is a reminder that the power of creation, and the support of […]
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John Craigie – I Swam Here (Zabriskie Point Records) The new John Craigie album I Swam Here, released February 6 on Zabriskie Point Records, is a gentle and luminous soundtrack to start 2026, bringing warmth and quiet strength in the middle of an icy, polar winter. The Californian whose style he describes as “humorous storytelling, […]
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Sammy Brue – The Journals (Bloodshot Records) The young troubadour from Utah, Sammy Brue, delivers a new moving and stripped-down album, The Journals, produced by Ben Tanner and mastered by Kimberley Rosen. The album will available via Bloodshot Records on January 23. Armed only with his guitar, a crystal-clear voice, and, most importantly, a song […]
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