[rating=9.00] It’s certainly not easy to get a handle on Cass McCombs’ M.O. Over the last 15 years or so, McCombs has made a habit of shifting genres on an
[rating=8.00] The Album Leaf don’t make music of the Saturday night variety. Their’s is not the type of music that can get a crowd on its feet or keep them
Being the new person in a band with as an extraordinary reputation as that of the Pixies can be a daunting experience. After all, here’s a group whose trajectory extends
[rating=7.00] Bear’s Den makes their affinity for vintage ‘80s atmospheric pop all the more obvious on this sophomore set Red Earth & Pouring Rain, an able follow-up to their 2014
[rating=7.00] Call him a revisionist or label him a revivalist; either way, the sound defined by Dale Watson harkens back to an earlier era when artists like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and
As most people can tell you, family life frequently suffers when both parents are working and the needs of a child have to be tended to as well. Amanda Shires
[rating=8.00] Like The Head and The Heart, Lord Huron, Band of Horses and the Lumineers, Blind Pilot possess a keen sense of dynamics, not to mention the ability to create
[rating=8.00] Ah, the wonders of youth…take the case of Sarah Jarosz, a veritable wunderkind since her late teens. Now, at the ripe old age of 25, she not only boasts
[rating=8.00] Given his prodigious output and continuing contributions to other artists’s songbooks, the title of Trent Dabbs’s latest effort seems wholly appropriate. Ten albums on, he continues to maintain his upward
[rating=8.00] If he never sang another note, Aaron Neville’s largess would still be assured. Along with his stint at the helm of New Orleans’ first family of song, the namesake
