Tedeschi Trucks Band Future Soul Nearly 25 years ago, while growing up in Indianapolis, I saw Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks perform at separate shows. Tedeschi toured with Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Double Trouble; Trucks led his Soul Serenade crew. Both were phenomenal. Both were incomplete. They didn’t know it yet – how could they? – […]
Bo DePeña – Rather Move Up (Yellow DOG Studios) There’s a moment at the start of Bo DePeña’s Rather Move Up that cuts through all the noise of modern country music like a clean blade: “Half of the mistakes I made stone cold sober.” It’s the opening line of “Half of My Mistakes,” and if […]
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Uncle Lucius Live in ’25 2025 is almost over now, and I was really hoping to see Uncle Lucius on this tour. They were coming to Missoula and Bozeman, and I was going to make one of those shows. Then my dad had a medical emergency, and I missed it. But, this Friday, Nov. 21, […]
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Warren Haynes The Whisper Sessions Sometimes the most powerful music happens when you let it be—raw, unvarnished, naked. Warren Haynes understands this, and his new digital-only release, The Whisper Sessions, proves that less can indeed be more. Released September 12th via Fantasy Records, this collection of intimate renditions takes seven standout tracks from his acclaimed […]
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Tedeschi Trucks Band Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited (Live at LOCKN’) Picture Joe Cocker on stage, contorting his body like he’s being electrocuted while his shoes are glued to a board. That wild, almost painful physicality wasn’t showmanship – it was pure soul pouring out through every muscle, every spasm, every desperate gesture. Cocker couldn’t […]
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Justin Wade Tam and Jamie Drake “So Many Melodies” Justin Wade Tam and Jamie Drake released So Many Melodies in February, and I’ve been meaning to write a review. My world has been full, and it’s been harder to make time for this than I’d like to admit, to sit in the stillness and soak in […]
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Yelawolf and J. Michael Phillips Whiskey & Roses More than 25 years after Kid Rock’s Devil Without a Cause first proved that country, rock and hip-hop could coexist, Yelawolf and J. Michael Phillips have arrived to show us how that ambitious blend has evolved. Whiskey & Roses doesn’t just blur genre lines—it obliterates them entirely. […]
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Robert Connely Farr Live At Green Auto “We’re gonna take y’all down South,” growls Robert Connely Farr at the outset of his latest offering, and he ain’t lyin’. Live At Green Auto, Farr’s 12th full-length album, delivers on that promise with unflinching conviction, taking listeners straight to the sweaty heart of Delta blues country – […]
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Warren Haynes Million Voices Whisper Back in June I had the good fortune of talking with Warren Haynes about his prolific symphony tour. He was about to go on the road with Slash, too, so he had a lot of cool things going on. But what he was most excited about was the Nov. 1 […]
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Joe Samba – Lifeline Joe Samba – hope’s hype man – returns with his third full-length album, Lifeline, a vibrant and undeniably joyous LP that weaves together eclectic sounds of reggae, rock, ska and pop. It’s nostalgic while still contemporary, and is just the kind of mood-lifter we need during this dark and uncertain time. […]
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