Charles Wesley Godwin Christian Name On Christian Name, an album inspired by the devastating loss of a child, Charles Wesley Godwin narrates his journey through despondency, grief, and redemption to a new understanding of his faith. Godwin explains, “These songs really meant a lot to me. There’s parts of me and parts of the things […]
The Isaac Jacob Band unveils their new long player, The Brush Country Tapes. Produced, arranged, mixed, and mastered by David Percefull, the album was recorded at yellow DOG Studios in San Marcos, Texas. Percefull and Ethan Lugbauer engineered the album, along with 2nd engineers Casey Johns and Galen Parish. Talking about the album, Jacob says, […]
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Erin Lunsford Rhinestones Virginia-based folk/Americana singer-songwriter Erin Lunsford recently released her sophomore album, Rhinestones, exploring motifs of love, family, mental health, friendship, discouragement, and leaving home. Talking about the album, Lunsford shares, “I have fixed rhinestones in my hair, I have glued sequins to my guitar, I have tried to make my body smaller and […]
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JW Francis Magic River Indie-folk artist JW Francis unveils his new album, Magic River, the result of a canoe journey down the Mississippi River. Francis explains, “I wrote ‘Magic River’ while canoeing the Mississippi, and I think of it as a record I carried home from the river. It’s about being alone long enough to […]
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Susto Stringband Susto Stringband (Volume 2) On Susto Stringband (Volume 2), Justin Osborne revisits SUSTO’s songbook with the instincts of a front-porch band, modifying familiar material in the language of an Appalachian string band. That loose, road-worn feeling is central to the record’s appeal. Osborne explains, “This album was so much fun to make over […]
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Micah Edwards Texas Soul Micah Edwards’ Texas Soul plays like a map of the state drawn in sound, part country reverie, part retro-soul slow burn, sewn together from the after-hours atmosphere of dance halls, the ache of pedal steel, and the glow of old dives. Across the double LP, he pulls from the musical lingo […]
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Ryan Bingham They Call Us The Lucky Ones Ryan Bingham’s first album in seven years, They Call Us the Lucky Ones, arrives with the weight of a long afterglow. Seventeen years have passed since “The Weary Kind” first introduced a wider audience to his deliciously scratchy baritone through Crazy Heart, a song so all-conquering it […]
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If Lily Vakili’s 2025 long player Oceans of Kansas revealed the width and depth of her songwriting, the new six-track EP Live Wire pulls the camera in close. Arriving after an East Coast run, Live Wire is a musical snapshot of an artist trying to bottle the electrifying charge that happens when her songs stop […]
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Yarn Saturday Night Sermon Yarn releases their new studio long player, Saturday Night Sermon, an album that finds the band adding tangs of gospel and soul – via brass, organ, and a gospel choir – to their Southern rock sound. Talking about Yarn’s evolving sound, frontman Blake Christiana shares, “The band has officially established something […]
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Laura Chavez My Voice On My Voice, blues guitarist Laura Chavez treats the instrumental album like a self-portrait: part ancestry, part flex, part love letter to the sounds she grew up listening to. Split between covers and originals, the record doesn’t just showcase chops—it reveals the complexities of touch, tone, and taste, the kind of […]
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