Mark Currey — Tarrant County
There’s an old adage that it takes a lifetime to write a first album, but in Mark Currey’s case, that’s more than true. We became Facebook friends recently and Currey is a new grandfather. And Tarrant County this is his…
Jeremy Pinnell — Ties of Blood and Affection
Nashville is busy bestowing well-deserved crowns on Jason, Chris, and (sort of) Sturgill for pushing all the right envelopes and expanding country music to places it hasn’t yet gone. But country is a big tent and somebody needs to hold…
Sunny War — With the Sun
At the end of the day, it all turns into jazz. At least, that’s my sense of any kind of progression of a genre as it continues to push back against its own conventions. Sunny War’s impressive guitar playing, based…
Adobe & Teardrops: Episode 1!
Adobe & Teardrops highlights the best in alt-country and punk week after week. Co-hosted by Rachel Cholst of the long-running blog Adobe & Teardrops and Von Cloedt (formerly of Americana Rock Mix), the show will highlight the kind of music…
Roxie Watson — Try A Little Kindness
Roxie Watson has been near and dear to my heart for quite some time. The four-piece amiably dips into bluegrass, country, rock-a-billy, and folk with equal measure, and on their fourth release Try A Little Kindness, they throw in a…
Little Waist — Nothing but the Bones on My Back: Unliving and Unplugged
I wouldn’t go into this album expecting an uplifting experience. I don’t think that’s a bad thing; sometimes when you’re at your lowest, you need to listen to music that’s down there with you. As you’ll hear on the first…
The Naked Sun — War With Shadows
A classroom teacher with political consciousness and roots rock leanings, Philadelphia’s Drew Harris is a man after my own heart. His band, The Naked Sun, takes its name from an Isaac Asimov novel that exposes our fear of authority and…
Max Garcia Conover — Streetlights
Max Garcia Conover bowled me over with his previous album Motorhome. “Streetlights” continues in the same vein with a bigger sound: strange patchworks of keenly observed memories set to comfortably worn melodies and Garcia Conover’s performative vocals lead to a…