Jimbo Mathus prides himself on being unpredictable and unconventional. He thrives on it and he immerses himself in the culture and sounds the deep South, whether it be his loosely
Heritage II is the second installment of the duology begun in February when we covered Mark de Clive-Lowe’s Heritage on these pages. The composer, producer, and instrumentalist who is half-Japanese
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on When You Least Expect It, the new album from Americana rocker Weston Harris Hill, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image
Since forming in 2006, Tennessee outfit the Bohannons have played a fiery brand of rock and roll that is both high-energy and high-volume. The comparisons to Neil Young are apt
Kendrick Scott Oracle continues his multi-layered, unified jazz vision with his fourth album, the second for Blue Note, the cleverly named A Wall Becomes a Bridge. Like his previous 2015
Matt Lorenz, aka Suitcase Junket paints characters in various states of reverie: leaning on jukeboxes, loitering on dancefloors, lying on the bottom of empty swimming pools in the sun, all with
Last year marked the twentieth anniversary of the debut album from UNKLE, Psyence Fiction, featuring James Lavelle and DJ Shadow as writing partners in a new venture. Artists like Thom
The latest release from Devin Townsend is genre bending even by Devin Townsend standards.
On Son Volt’s Union, founder and chief songwriter Jay Farrar addresses the discord in our culture without overstating the obvious or resorting to sloganeering. In fact, the very title of
It wasn’t until Lyle Lovett released Step Inside This House, and album that included no less than four songs from Texas songwriter Walter Hyatt that many of us first became
