[rating=8.00] As the title of her fine fourth album suggests, Kat Edmonson is indeed an old-fashioned girl. A superb singer drawn to songs that sound as if they’re of the
[rating=8.00] J. Cole speaks to his generation on his new album KOD Which stands for “Kids on Drugs,” “King Overdose,” and “Kill Our Demons.” KOD couldn’t hold better significance than
[rating=8.00] Arkansas Dave has some swag. His stage name alone tells you that. This is Dave Pennington, Austin-based blues singer-songwriter’s debut, recorded at the legendary FAME in Muscle Shoals, AL
[rating=8.00] Few artists can take on multiple genres within an album and expect solid results. Joe Goldmark is one of those few. Perhaps it’s because the Bay Area favorite splits
[rating=8.00] Van Morrison has rarely, if ever, sounded so good-natured as he does on his collaboration with Joey DeFrancesco. From the tongue-in-cheek cover photos to the Belfast Cowboy’s frequent chuckles
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on The Tree of Forgiveness, the long-awaited new album from legendary singer-songwriter John Prine, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for
[rating=8.00] Cary Brothers is not a sibling ensemble. In fact, as an individual, Brothers may be the most accomplished artist making music these days while still remaining all but unknown
[rating=7.00] As you listen to New England-based singer-songwriter Hayley Sabella’s second full-length album, Forgive the Birds, quiet passages transform to the sounds of wind, rain, or even ocean waves. Her sound slithers between ethereal folk music to Americana,
[rating=7.00] Over the past decade and a half, Philadelphia-based Dr. Dog have been busy releasing albums every year or two, and touring incessantly. 2016 saw both the release of The
[rating=8.00] There’s that old adage, “they don’t make ‘em like they used to,” and then there’s Joshua Hedley. The buzz country singer’s major label debut Mr. Jukebox (on Jack White’s
