Let’s cut to the chase: this album is astonishing. Corin Raymond is a truly masterful songwriter. I’m sorry that I haven’t heard of him sooner. Maybe it’s an unconscious association, but Raymond’s sharp intellect and a delivery that gives the…
I recently went on a date with someone who likes to go to museums and keep up with contemporary literature. I thought to myself, “What the hell am I doing here? I go watch bar bands and then I go…
Gloaming, from Old English, is another word for twilight. It also shares the same root as “glow.” I expected Schwartz’s fourth release, a five-song EP, to take us down the same, darker path that Casual Ghosts did. However, in spite…
They Haymarket Square have a certain rogue-ish charm that makes the harsh medicine of their lyrics — incisive, biting political commentary — go down easily. It was love at first sight with the band’s gospel take on “Heaven,” with an…
I’m very excited to hear Faith Evans Ruch’s new tunes. She dazzled me with After It’s Said and Done and is ready to blow us all away with her next release. For the new batch of songs, Ruch has drifted…
I imagine this is an odd time for musicians in New Orleans. They’re coming down off the high of Mardi Gras but are about to gear up for Jazz Fest (which I am quite excited to attend this year.) So…
If you’re looking for some honest, dirt-kicking music, Grant Gilman is your man. I was drawn to his band’s obvious enjoyment of the music they were playing, as well as Gilman’s impassioned delivery. Gilman is more clearly on the country…
Good Grief, Woodward’s sophomore album, is not for the faint of heart. Composed in response to the loss of several people close to Woodward, Good Grief is much more ambitious in scale than Letters We Told. The album begins with…