Category: Reviews

I’ve never been one for Christmas—never got the hype. The blinking lights, the overconsumption, the pressure to feel joyous at

Projects such as Curious Dreamers boast deservedly one-of-a-kind status. The list of talented composers/performers focusing on children’s material isn’t especially

Finis Smith’s cover of “When It’s Christmas Time in Texas” won’t make anyone forget George Strait. It isn’t the young

Nine out of the ten tracks included on Daryl Mosley’s new album Long Days & Short Stories are penned by Mosley alone,

Every holiday season, a new batch of songs tries to join the ranks of modern Christmas pop royalty. From Mariah

There’s something kind of magical about hearing a voice that feels as if it has been plucked straight from the

Adam Christian Bass’ debut is memorable for a variety of reasons, but I’ll try covering what I think are the

Let’s be grateful, as Thanksgiving approaches, that Andrew Crawford opted to step back a minute from his other musical activities.

Tom DiCillo’s new album, Shot of Blue, is a cinematic and sonically rich journey into the emotional spectrum of love, from

It’s rare to find a band that wears its influences on its sleeve while confidently charting its own course. UniversalDice,

My Troubled Days didn’t come here to play nice. They came to pour bourbon in your glass, set your heart

There’s nothing empty-headed about Swainn. The Arizona Celtic punk rockers’ remastered Under a Willow Tree reveals that their allure for affecting an

Of Love and Loss is the new album from B.B. Cole and further solidifies her claim as being among the vanguard

Listening to Number 2, the latest album from Minneapolis band HebbaJebba, is less a casual experience and more an immersion

There is something in Trevor Drury’s voice—something elusive, like a train disappearing around a bend, leaving only the echo of

Assorted cultural crosscurrents blend in the music of Tennessee Backwater, and modern country/Americana/et al is better off because of it.

Arizona-born seventeen-year-old Birdie Nichols will be a force in the music world for years to come. The sort of self-possession

Bradley Gaskin’s re-emergence into the indie country music world picks up where the Alabama native left off in the early

One consistent quality of Mike Schikora’s songwriting is how each lyric has a common frame of reference. Virtually any adult

Tom DiCillo’s muse, if nothing else, is unique. The accomplished filmmaker, director, and screenwriter of films such as Box of Moonlight, Double