Steve Forbert Goes ‘Moving Through America’ Past and Present
The 11 tracks on Steve Forbert’s Moving Across America show his skills as a songwriter and a performer are as sharp and strong as ever.
The 11 tracks on Steve Forbert’s Moving Across America show his skills as a songwriter and a performer are as sharp and strong as ever.
Evermore captures folkie David Olney performing a fine collection of songs linked by a belief in love before a friendly crowd.
With Joy Williams’ assistance, Avi Kaplan offers the hymn-like “All Is Well” and it works as a magic amulet to keep us comforted.
Miranda Lambert’s Palomino is a damn fine record with 15 tales of love and the American Dream in her trademark powerful, declarative yet tender voice.
The most surprising thing about Faye Webster’s new record, Car Therapy Sessions, is its lush production. The orchestra purposely aims for the beautiful.
Tomberlin’s songs on i don’t know who needs to hear this seem to dwell in a space where time doesn’t pass. There’s something cosmic about the experience.
Josh Rouse recently released a catchy new single, “Hollow Moon”, from his forthcoming album Going Places. The song has a jaunty feel and a bounce in its step.
There’s something endearing about the fact that Americana/folk artist Geneviève Racette is such a vulnerable romantic on her new album, Satellite.
Abigail Lapell’s music recalls that of those 1960s folk-rock Canadian troubadours like Joni Mitchell and Gordon Lightfoot on her latest song, “Land of Plenty”.
Producer Jonathan Taplin’s memoir, The Magic Years, brings to mind Tom Hanks’ Forrest Gump, whose image is superimposed into impossible historical moments.
The songs on Jenny Hval’s latest album, Classic Objects, are purposely dreamlike and intended to inspire her audience’s reveries. Hval succeeds in creating a dreamlike state.