[rating=9.00] Gretchen Peters consistently raises the bar and somehow manages to surpass it with each album. Her previous outing, 2015’s Blackbirds won the International Roots Album of the Year. This
[rating=8.00] Opening with just a piano, “Cast Off” starts Sparkle Hard dramatically. Over its short run time, the track manages to soar with buzzing guitars, gorgeous choruses and arousing feeling
[rating=9.00] Philadelphia is a blue collar factory town whose inhabitants have a longstanding reputation for being a tough, hard-nosed sorta folk. So it should come as no surprise to learn
[rating=9.00] Following the release of her debut album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, Australian rocker Courtney Barnett was suddenly everywhere. Seemingly touring non-stop, she captivated
[rating=8.00] Call it a companion piece or a mirror image, Tomorrow’s Daughter is a more than worthwhile follow-up to Matthew Sweet’s release of last year, Tomorrow Forever. After constructing his
[rating=7.00] Jason Boland & The Stragglers embrace country music mostly for one of its key foundations – storytelling. On their new release, Hard Times Are Relative, the band challenges our
[rating=8.00] First impressions don’t count for much as far as Ryley Walker is concerned. That works to his benefit given the fact that his music strays beyond preset parameters, crossing
[rating=9.00] Given the fact that most of his musical endeavors have been spent sharing stages with Sarah Guthrie, the Guthrie name naturally looms large in Johnny Irion’s ongoing efforts. Even so,
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on County Seat, the new album from alt-country rocker Will Stewart, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best
In roughly three and half hours of live and studio recordings, captured in various ways at a variety of locales between 1961 and 1964, Before the Dead documents the late
