Archive: 2020

Jeff Tweedy will release his new album, Love Is The King, on October 23rd via dBpm Records, with the physical release following on January 15th. Today, Tweedy gives another taste of the record with new single/video “Gwendolyn.” “Gwendolyn”’s lyrics are honeyed and filled with slant rhymes: “She holds my hand between her knees // It’s like a dream, I never know […]

Blindsided along with the rest of the world by the onset of the global COVID 19 pandemic earlier this year, veteran Americana songwriter Will Kimbrough is poised to document this unprecedented moment in history with a new solo acoustic record, Spring Break, set for release October 23.  Created in the documentary-oriented and storytelling tradition of […]

Considering a prolific career that stretches back fifty years, it should come as little surprise that when folk singer-songwriter Chris Smither recorded his 2014 album ­­­­Still on the Levee, there was much more material than would make the final cut. Fast forward to 2020 and now Smither has released the rest of the material from […]

The Mastersons are singer-songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore. When they’re not touring the world as valued longtime members of Steve Earle’s band the Dukes, the musical and marital twosome make inspired albums of their own emotionally vivid, deeply humanistic songs. Today Glide is excited to premiere “In The Name Of God,” (below) one of the most […]

Kendall Street Company is a jam-alt rock band based out of Charlottesville, Virginia. From late night jam sessions at the University of Virginia to main stages at venues and festivals throughout the country, Kendall Street Company has broken the mold of improvised rock and entered a world of jazz-grass infused psychedelic bliss. The band’s musical […]

When we brought you Jeremy Ivey’s wife, Margo Price’s, review several months ago, we wrote about Ivey’s battle with COVID-19 and the scare that the couple had when the tornado wreaked havoc on East Nashville this Spring. Well, this is Ivey’s musical response to those events and in a larger sense our world in 2020 […]

Tace means “shhh” in Latin,” explains Jon Snodgrass about the title of his long-awaited new album. “I think people need to listen more, including me. It’s my version of Mark Twain’s ‘Never miss a good chance to shut up’.” Tace is set for an October 9th release via A-F Records. This collection of rock and […]

David Shaw of The Revivalists gave us a happy surprise recently: he released not one but two solo singles, “Shaken” and “Promised Land.” Both contain that beat that is so embedded into the fabric of The Revivalists, a New Orleans based band that has long been hot on the festival scene, and both revolve around […]

One of the great things about art is that you never know what will inspire an artist to create. For Blitzen Trapper on the new album Holy Smokes, Future Jokes, the inspiration was Bardo. What’s Bardo? Well, it’s the transitional state between death and rebirth, thanks for asking. Wouldn’t it be difficult to write about […]

Ten years ago Jónsi, Sigur Rós’ distinctive frontman, released his debut solo album Go. Hotly anticipated at the time, it served to expose the post-rock luminary to a wider audience, and for the most part, was pretty successful.  Now, with the help of in-demand producer A.G. Cook, Jónsi is tapping into a very different kind of […]

GarciaLive Volume 14 carries the distinction of being the first solely acoustic entry in this ongoing vault series. But this complete show from The Ritz New York, NY January 27, 1986 (and its direct companion piece, from the following night, in the form of a bonus disc offered during pre-order of the main title) isn’t altogether […]

On November 13, Nels Cline will release his 3rd Blue Note album Share The Wealth, a dynamic double album featuring 10 swirling, evocative soundscapes including the epic first single “Beam/Spiral,” which is out today and can be heard below. On Share The Wealth, the sonic explorer and guitar renegade delivers a potent and provocative program of spontaneous, […]

Back in January Drive-By Truckers dropped an incredibly timely album, The Unraveling, which examined current American life, addressing topics such as children in prison at the border and mass shootings via direct lyrics and excellent musicality. Amazingly, less than ten months later, inspired by these unprecedented times, one of the greatest acts at chronicling our […]

Netflix invites you to stare in the face of death and laugh.

Brandon Cronenberg takes us on a mindbending ride of psychological horror.

Reid Genauer is best known for his standout storytelling, vocals, and lyrical work with Strangefolk and later Assembly of Dust. Genauer today released the first single, “Angels and Alibis,” (below) the title track from his third solo album. Considering his pedigree and even his previous solo efforts, listeners might expect more of that folk-rock sound with […]