Jamestown Revival Gaze Nostalgically and Acoustically at Being a ‘Young Man’
Americana’s Jamestown Revival get back to their roots for a sublime, all-acoustic album that offers keen insights into everyday life.
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Sierra Ferrell Plots Her Next Music Moves on Road to Destiny
West Virginia’s Sierra Ferrell has found a temporary home in Nashville as an artist who makes old-timey country sound new, but she isn’t ready to stop there.
Old Crow Medicine Show ‘Paint the Town’
Old Crow Medicine Show’s “Paint This Town” has musical echoes of other small town, teenage, life stories in all of its boredom and glory.
Brandi Carlile’s ‘In These Silent Days’ Is Stylistically Diverse and Stunningly Good
Unlike many pandemic music projects, there are no filler tracks or wasted space on Brandi Carlile’s In These Silent Days. Each song stands on its own stylistically.
Lilly Hiatt’s ‘Lately’ Offers Beautiful, Vulnerable Snapshots of Intimate Connections
Lilly Hiatt’s Lately offers pandemic inspired poetic reflections on love, desire, and connection in a menagerie of musical styles.
Jackson+Sellers Combine Talents to Become One Can-Do Duo
Putting aside their solo roles, Jade Jackson and Aubrie Sellers discover their music is made for each other as Jackson+Sellers reach the Breaking Point.
The Big Sky Sound of Mercy Bell an Unlikely Outlaw
Country music’s Mercy Bell talks about finding a home in Nashville, the need for queer and nonwhite perspectives, and the transformative power of storytelling.
Sam Johnson’s ‘Along the Dark Edges of Everything’ Is an Auspicious Debut Album
Sam Johnson led Boston punks Choke Up but now delivers a stirring collection of Americana exploring darkness and light on Along the Dark Edges of Everything.
Nico Hedley Emits a Gorgeous, Late-Night Twang on ‘Painterly’
Queens-based artist, Nico Hedley’s debut Painterly is full of dark, alt-country masterpieces that go down like a good stiff drink.
Chris Roberts Goes for a Ride in His “Chevy Van”
Singer-songwriter Chris Roberts covers “Chevy Van”, one of the most popular songs of 1975, on his latest EP Lost and Found.
James McMurtry Plugs Back in For ‘The Horses and the Hounds’
Texas singer-songwriter James McMurtry signs with New West and gives us The Horses and the Hounds awash in loud guitars and unparalleled storytelling.