REVIEW: Joyann Parker Life Lines On Life Lines, Joyann Parker settles into that middle ground where blues, soul, and Americana overlap. Her fourth album continues a gradual shift away from strict blues flavors toward a roots‑rock palette shaped by grit, polish, and life experience. It’s a record that highlights her greatest strength – an awe-inspiring […]
Singer-songwriter Sam Barber releases his sophomore long player, Broken View, co-produced by Barber and Joe Becker (“Indigo,” “Straight and Narrow”), with additional songs co-produced by Aaron Dessner (Taylor Swift, Noah Kahan). Across a baker’s dozen of tracks, on Broken View, Barber explores the intricacies of simply living, including motifs of loss, self-discovery, and love. Originally […]
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Brooke Ashton The Love of Song For Brooke Ashton, songwriting has always been less about churning out another song than connecting with music itself. Her new album, The Love of Song, feels like an album that arrived when it was ready. It wasn’t rushed or released before its time. This album reveals a patient process. […]
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Emma Cook Of the Morning Indie-folk artist Emma Cook has recently released her latest long-player, Of the Morning, an exploration of personal transformation. Cook says, “I’ve always had a lot of ideas, and I’m trying not to minimize the fact that as a self-employed indie musician it’s a really big deal that I was able […]
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Son Little Cityfolk Son Little’s new album, Cityfolk, reflects his heritage. His house in Atlanta flooded, and, due to a variety of other circumstances, he ended up recording in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where he connected with Alabama Shakes’ Ben Tanner. “Just by showing up, it brought something out,” Son Little explains. “I realized, in moving […]
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The Band of Heathens Country Sides Two decades in, The Band of Heathens aren’t trying to reinvent their sound so much as polish it. Country Sides finds the Austin-based collective doubling down on the instincts that have quietly sustained them: an unflashy blend of roots-rock, soul, folk, and country that favors feel over spectacle and […]
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Jeffrey Martin Alive July 25, 2025 Portland, Oregon-based folk singer-songwriter Jeffrey Martin recently released his first live album, Alive July 25, 2025, which was recorded and mixed by Sam Weber, who also plays on the album, and mastered by Jon Neufeld. Talking about the album, Martin says, “The live show will always mean more to […]
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Sassparilla Honey, I’m Using Again Portland-and-Colorado-based Americana and back-porch soul band Sassparilla releases their new album, Honey, I’m Using Again, a collection of songs exploring motifs of loss, addiction, and survival. Produced by songwriter Kevin Blackwell and recorded in his studio basement in Golden, Colorado, Blackwell credits producer/engineer Chet Lyster for teaching him how to […]
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The Infamous Stringdusters 20/20 Grammy Award-winning jam-grass quintet The Infamous Stringdusters, who got together 20 years ago, releases their new album, 20/20, twenty songs for twenty years. Banjoist Chris Pandolfi shares, “We’ve been around for 20 years, and I feel like we’re putting more into our music — both writing and the live shows — […]
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Tim Easton fIREHORSE Singer-songwriter Tim Easton unveils his new album, fIREHORSE, produced by Nashville producer Kevin Nolan, and featuring the rhythm section from Lainey Wilson’s band, with Matt Nolan (drums) and Tommy Scifres (bass). The cover art for the album is from a painting by Easton’s sister, Susan Easton Burns, reflecting an abstract-realist style, painted […]
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