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Ian Noe Canyon Falls Trailer Band There might not be a better time for Ian Noe to introduce his latest album than late September. Coming out of AMERICANAFEST in Nashville, a week of seeing bands hoping to become authentic country music’s next big thing, what better time to consider the fate of a band that […]
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Uncle Lucius: “Open Eyes, Broken Heart” Two decades into their career, Uncle Lucius aren’t interested in nostalgia. They’re more interested in turning the highlights of the past twenty years — platinum-selling singles, sold-out shows stretching from Austin to Amsterdam, a breakup and a resurrection nobody planned for — into fuel for something even brighter. On […]
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Bill Scorzari – Sidereal Days (Day 2) This is a well-rooted & expressive album with a lived-in voice. Rich tones & convincingly sung. No fireworks but simple glistening — enough to convince a listener these songs have their own built-in potency. “I Know You Know” has a homegrown capacity with a warm narrative in the […]
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Shea Rafferty “Livin’” I host my own radio show each week, so when I was asked to review Shea Rafferty’s new album Livin’, a small smile crept across my face. I’ve already been championing several of the advance singles on air, and the prospect of hearing the full record felt like a genuine treat. A […]
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Noel McKay – Songs About Bad People Well, well, well, this showcase is a reprieve from albums about politics, COVID, Civil Rights, economics, wars, AI, trying to find oneself in the modern world, the price of anything & everything. This is an exciting deep dive into characters like executioners, cheaters, stalkers, narcissists, murderers, grifters & […]
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New Earth Farmers – Cure For the Late Bloom Though the band is tagged as a California roots-rock collective, the basic structure of this music from the outset of “Atmosphere” is balls-out rock ‘n’ roll. The playing is exceptional, has all the vibrant dignity of gin & juicy moments throughout their forms of expression. But […]
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Joy Oladokun has never been more herself than on Hope Is a Heavy Thing. If her enthralling 2024 album OBSERVATIONS FROM A CROWDED ROOM was Oladokun’s purging of Nashville’s music industry stink, Hope is the songwriter’s triumphant statement of what she can accomplish when
Every single one of us could use some mercy now.
That refrain sung three times to end Mary Gauthier’s most-covered song, “Mercy Now,” is simple, yet, those 10 words say so much. The title-cut from the singer-songwriter’s major-label debut on