New Orleans-based Chris Acker admits to struggling a bit with writer’s block before COVID shut down the local dance hall and busking spots. With nothing but time on his hands,
Following up on their career highlight, 2018’s Onion, Shannon & The Clams once again teamed up with Dan Auerbach who produced and plays on Year of the Spider. If things
West Virginian-bred, Nashville-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Sierra Ferrell is poised for a breakout year. Her awaited album via Rounder is aptly titled Long Time Coming in which she wrote
James McMurtry’s catalog of songs is so great that no top fifty or even top ten list of songs is the same. We know going in that the album will
Contrast is one of the things that makes Welsh indie rock band The Joy Formidable so interesting. Soft, soothing vocals contrast loud rock instruments. Intricate melodies contrast heavy rhythms. So
Music history is filled with stories about great albums that never see the light of day. This is usually due to changes at the record labels, which leads to a
This could be the gift of the year for hard bop fans. Long considered one of the best live albums in Blue Note’s storied catalog and the only live recording
Thanks to MTV’s Unplugged series, there was about a decade-long run where acoustic albums were en vogue. Arguably, Nirvana’s Unplugged is the crowning achievement of the movement (with Arrested Development’s entry also
Once hailed in some quarters as the most powerful new live band in 2015, the Bay Area’s Con Brio return with their third album, Scream At It, following the success
There’s a desperate intensity that permeates Distant Populations, the fourth album of Quicksand’s near 30 year career and second with legendary west coast label Epitaph. With the longest tracks of
