Will Payne Harrison releases The Stratford Sessions to the world amidst a global pandemic and brings solace to lonely listeners. A tightly focused EP highlighting Harrison’s nimble guitar work and penchant for a turn of phrase built on a foundation of common themes without sounding contrived, The Stratford Sessions is easy on the ears with greater […]
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Familiar melodies and folksy wisdom populate Brent Cobb’s Keep ‘Em On They Toes. Produced by Brad Cook and available from Cobb’s own Ol Buddy Records via Thirty Tigers. Keep ‘Em On They Toes finds Cobb plucking with an easy confidence.“If you ever grow up, one thing you’ll find, most people that you meet, are just […]
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Stranger, the latest effort from Band of Heathens, builds upon the success of 2017’s Duende while simultaneously address today’s existential dread. Produced by Tucker Martine and referencing both Albert Camus and Robert Heinlein while also a nod to their fan base, Stranger find Band of Heathens working their push-pull rock to impressive effect.The record opens […]
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Formerly known as Smog, Bill Callahan established a reputation as an enigmatic brooding singer-songwriter with a penchant for life’s seemingly mundane moments. He has released seven (including Gold Record) albums under his own name since retiring the Smog moniker. Under his given name, Callahan hand has continued to explore similar corners of life but with […]
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Masked, tasseled, and often shirtless beneath a ten gallon cowboy hat, the mysterious singer Orville Peck emerged from the darkness like a Lone Ranger for a new era to salvage country music and return it to its heyday of booming baritones, brooding guitar lines, haunting lyrics, and sparkling atmosphere. Hints of Bobbi Gentry mixed with […]
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Teaming up with Bo Ramsey and a collection of seasoned vets including harmonica ace and longstanding Willie harmonica player Mickey Raphael, RB Morris’s latest, Going Back to the Sky, stakes a claim on being his best. Going Back to the Sky presents a collection of stripped down bare bones songwriting rehydrated in a cinematic landscape. […]
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On Mordechai, Khruangbin’s 3rd full length album, the band continues to push the boundaries of their ‘60s Thai influences while simultaneously harkening to its soft jazz kindred spirits. Like a new age neon lounge act, Khruangbin defies easy categorization or explanation – one of many things that makes this band so intriguing. Although appealing to […]
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Country Westerns – Country Westerns Neither country nor western, the Country Westerns are pure unabashed rock. Embracing late-80s/early-90s sonics and lyrics that pull not punches, Country Westerns bring blood, sweat, and tears back to the stage – safe spaces be dammed this is music for fists in the air, hearts on sleeve, and cold beers […]
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While the Turnpike Troubadours remain on indefinite hiatus, firebrand fiddler and songwriter Kyle Nix steps out under his own name with a record full of the same high energy red dirt country that you’ve come to know and love from his primary project. Nix’s solo debut, Lightning on the Mountain and Other Short Stories, showcases […]
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Charlie Crockett – Welcome to Hard Times Welcome to Hard Times, the latest work from Charley Crockett, continues to embrace the wide open western plains with a country crooner’s call and plodding heartache. Gambling, horses, trains, chain gangs, and lonesomeness all make an appearance in these tales told with worry, woe, and world weary wisdom […]
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