I distinctly remember the first time that I realized I really loved Jason Isbell’s music. I was in Nashville for Americanafest in 2017 and was watching the awards show at The Family Wash. He was joined on stage by Amanda Shires to perform “If We Were Vampires”. I can distinctly recall getting goosebumps watching their […]
If you’re looking for the best album of the summer, look no farther than Shane Smith & The Saints third record, Hail Mary (Geronimo West Records). However, this isn’t an album filled with breezy road trip music. This album is intense, with stories from a band that’s been touring the last ten years and all […]
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It’s not often that the blue neon of the Mercury Lounge hosts artists from the Bluegrass state, but that’s what happened one balmy, Wednesday night in June. The last few years it’s seemed like there has been an utter explosion of talent from the great state of Kentucky. Unfortunately, unless they’re a nationally touring act, […]
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Colter Wall’s latest album may be called Songs of the Plains, but Tulsa, Oklahoma had its own Songs of the Plains in store for Colter and his crew. Being that its spring in tornado alley, the songs were more to the tune of rain, thunder and tornado sirens. Severe storms moved through the area right […]
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Where do you even begin to describe Elizabeth Cook? Do you begin with her work? Singer, Sirius XM Outlaw host, voiceover actress? Or do you describe her past? The youngest daughter of a hillbilly singer and a moonshiner who played bass in a prison band? Favorite guest of David Letterman? However you want to describe […]
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The tenth annual Rhythm N Blooms Festival held in Knoxville, Tennessee this past weekend was a perfect melding of a city’s ambiance, good music and laid back vibes. The festival is laid out with two stages, the Cripple Creek Stage, featuring the headlining acts and the other, the Kid Curry Stage featured a blend of […]
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It’s uncommon that Monday night shows in Tulsa bring enough people out to sell out a show. When it happens, you know it’s an artist or band that people have been dying to see. That’s what happened this past Monday night at the Mercury Lounge. Lost Dog Street Band, with opener Matt Heckler, filled the […]
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If I’m being honest, I’m fairly new to Caroline Spence’s music, but having heard great things about her and her music, I jumped at reviewing her newest album, Mint Condition (Rounder Records); Spence’s third album is set to release on May 3rd. Nothing that I had heard about her prepared me for hearing her voice […]
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Have you ever listened to an album for the first time and immediately knew you liked it and you couldn’t put your finger on why? Then as you continued listening, you realized in this instance it’s because it reminds you of music of your youth? This was exactly my feeling listening to the Kentucky based […]
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If you’re into the storytelling of days past, from names like Marty Robbins or Johnny Cash, combined with good musicianship, then you’ll want to pay attention to Tylor and the Train Robbers newest album, Best of the Worst Kind, set to release on April 26th. This is the band’s second studio album; their first, Gravel, […]
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