REVIEW: The Sound of Resistance: Lucinda Williams “World’s Gone Wrong”

Lucinda WilliamsLucinda Williams World’s Gone Wrong Lucinda Williams is pissed off. And now she’s given us World’s Gone Wrong, the protest album I have been waiting for, a set of songs that speak plainly and forcefully to the dark moment we are living through without hedging or nostalgia. Political songs are notoriously hard to pull off. […]

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Interview: Sophie Gault on the Brutal Honesty and Live Rock ‘n Roll of “Unhinged”

Sophie GaultSophie Gault on the Brutal Honesty and Live Rock ‘n Roll of Unhinged Singer/songwriter Sophie Gault’s new album, Unhinged, arrives on January 23rd, her first with a new label. It builds on years on songwriting and live playing, drawing both on songs that were written very recently, like the title track, songs that were written […]

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REVIEW: Keep Me in Your Heart: The Durable Darkness of Warren Zevon

Warren ZevonVarious artists Keep Me in Your Heart: the Songs of Warren Zevon There’s a profound irony in Warren Zevon’s work: a songwriter fixated on mortality who left behind songs that continue to outlive him. More than twenty years after his death, Keep Me in Your Heart, a new multi-artist tribute album, suggests why that may […]

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REVIEW: Sammy Brue “The Journals”

Sammy BrueSammy Brue – The Journals (Bloodshot Records) The young troubadour from Utah, Sammy Brue, delivers a new moving and stripped-down album, The Journals, produced by Ben Tanner and mastered by Kimberley Rosen. The album will available via Bloodshot Records on January 23. Armed only with his guitar, a crystal-clear voice, and, most importantly, a song […]

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Song Premiere: Bill Scorzari “I Stayed”

Bill ScorzariBill Scorzari “I Stayed” Americana Highways is hosting this premiere of Bill Scorzari’s song “I Stayed” from his forthcoming album Sidereal Days (Day 2). which is set for release on. Sidereal Days (Day 2) was produced by Bill Scorzari and Neilson Hubbard; recorded by Bill Scorzari at First Thunder Recording in Huntington, NY and by […]

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