Iris DeMent Creates Songs for a Better World on ‘Workin’ on a World’
While Iris DeMent may moan against the world’s evils in Workin’ on a World, the album offers an optimistic message. We can change the world!
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Oregonian Margo Cilker Offers a Gem with ‘Pohorylle’
Margo Cilker’s debut album Pohorylle is brilliant. Every one of the nine songs sparkles with wit, emotional depth, and a winsome sense of humor.
Indigo Sparke’s ‘Hysteria’ Encapsulates Despair
Indigo Sparke’s Hysteria is an immersive, blurry mood piece of alternative songwriting that captures the confusing and fluctuating feelings inside of her.
Pink Turns to Blonde: Trixie Mattel on the Dual Nature of Her New Records
Trixie Mattel discusses her new double album, the drive to stay authentic in drag, and the ways her superstar persona affects her real life.
Molly Tuttle’s ‘Crooked Tree’ Is Guest-Laden But She’s the Star
Molly Tuttle brings in high-powered guests for Crooked Tree, a wide-ranging collection of excellent bluegrass and folk songs, but she’s the star of the show.
John Prine’s ‘Fair & Square’ Gets the Deluxe Vinyl Treatment
John Prine’s Fair & Square has a little bit of everything: blues, politics, humor, sadness, introspection, soupy background vocals, and some rocked-up Carter family.
Trouble in the Field: A Conversation with Nanci Griffith
RIP Nanci Griffith. Revisit her music via this interview from 2012 where she discusses the album Intersection.
Molly Tuttle Discusses Honoring Music She Loves with a Fabulous New Covers LP
Singer-songwriter and award-winning flatpicking guitarist Molly Tuttle found a creative way to shake the pandemic by recording …but i'd rather be with you, covering a wide range of artists she loves.
Molly Tuttle Wishes She Was with You on Her New Stunning Cover LP
Americana's Molly Tuttle taught herself how to use Pro Tools to record and engineer ten much loved songs while stuck at home alone for …but I'd rather be with you.
Mary Chapin Carpenter’s ‘The Dirt and the Stars’ Is Warm and Sublime
Mary Chapin Carpenter ponders life, love, depression, and political mendacity on The Dirt and the Stars.
Arlo McKinley’s Confessional Country/Folk Is Superb on ‘Die Midwestern’
Country/folk singer-songwriter Arlo McKinley's debut Die Midwestern marries painful honesty with solid melodies and strong arrangements.
Teddy Thompson Sings About Love on ‘Heartbreaker Please’
Teddy Thompson's Heartbreaker Please raises one's spirits by accepting the end as a new beginning. He's re-joining the world and out looking for love.
