Slothrust’s fifth album is a gratifying blend of hard alternative and pop-rock with a folksy twang. On 2018’s The Pact, the Boston band started incorporating more pop melodies and soft
Peoria-based Bluegrass/Americana band The Way Down Wanders decided not to skimp on life’s big themes on their latest, More Like Tomorrow. From dealing with the anxiety around being a new
nugs.net, the digital music company that invented the authorized live music download world two decades ago, continues to solidify its position as the leading source for official live music recordings
Tangerine Records, the label Ray Charles founded in 1962, is rather cleverly releasing 90 tracks across 6 CDs in honor of his 90th birthday. This massive collection includes a previously
Chicago-based singer-songwriter Jared DeMeester pens and records dreamy folk songs from his bedroom studio. With a home-recorded quality, DeMeester melds the intimate vocal character of 50’s jazz with mellow indie-folk
The first release from Heartless Bastards in over six years was almost a solo album from frontwoman Erika Wennerstrom, but she ultimately felt it tied nicely back into the band’s
Vancouver-based alt-rock duo Dear Rouge — composed of partners Drew and Danielle McTaggart — emerged in 2012 with their debut EP Heads Up! Watch Out!, followed soon thereafter with their
Today, NPR Music unveiled a tremendous Tiny Desk from Pastor T.L. Barrett. In a rare filmed performance of the living gospel legend, shot from the same South Side Chicago church he’s
Since obtaining his first banjo nearly fifty years ago as a gift from his grandfather at the age of fifteen, few musicians have done more to champion the oft-misunderstood instrument
It sounds like an old Willie Nelson song but who wouldn’t want to keep it simple and real: small house, pets, a yard, songs to play locally, and never having
