Books/Featured: Top of Home Page T Bone Burnett: Don’t Let the Form Distract You From the Content By Christopher John Stephens / 12 May 2017 Lloyd Sachs explores the life, times, and endless journeys of singer-songwriter-musician T Bone Burnett.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Interviews/Music The Way the Song Finds Its Way: A Conversation With Sam Phillips By PopMatters Staff / 9 March 2017 Sam Phillips talks with PopMatters about new songwriting methods, her new EP, upcoming full-length, and yes, Gilmore Girls.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews Striking Matches: Nothing But the Silence By Chris Conaton / 16 June 2015 This male-female country-roots duo is at their best while exploring their diverse interests in blues and rock. When they try mainstream country? Not so great.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/PopMatters Picks/Reviews Rhiannon Giddens: Tomorrow Is My Turn By George de Stefano / 10 February 2015 Everything works on Tomorrow Is My Turn, an album that heralds the arrival of a major American artist.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/PopMatters Picks/Reviews Punch Brothers: The Phosphorescent Blues By Chris Conaton / 5 February 2015 This is another triumph for Punch Brothers, who continue to find a balance between catchiness and esoteria.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews The Secret Sisters: Put Your Needle Down By Scott Recker / 2 June 2014 The Secrets Sisters' sophomore album is less formulaic and safe than their debut. And the reward trumps the risk.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews Various Artists: Inside Llewyn Davis By Kevin Korber / 2 December 2013
Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Music Pretty Time Bomb: An Interview with Sam Phillips By Dorothy Burk / 17 September 2013
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