Australian troubadour Rick Hart has brought us two more EPs of well-honed country rock. City Lights operates as a triptych of songs: three odes to a woman who left the outback (or at least that’s what I’m imagining) for the…
Listening to Scheherazade, Freakwater’s first album in 9 years, is an immersive experience. Janet Beveridge Bean and Catherine Irwin, the band’s founding duo, have worked together on and off for over 25 years. That shows in Scheherazade‘s rich tapestry of…
I’ve been sitting on this one for a while now. I’ve written about Lela Sophia in the past. I appreciate her minimalist approach to songwriting, which creates a trance-like aura around Sophia’s dreamy lyrics. This is very much Netflix and…
It seems fitting to review New Orleans native Michael Cerveris’ debut album while everyone’s nursing their Mardi Gras hangovers. And considering half of the city of New Orleans was involved in the making of this album (see the “Labels” for…
Animal City’s Bump Head Go Home was easily one of my favorite albums last year. The band has just released an EP of B-sides that they didn’t want to part with. Each song on Party City is a unique glimpse…
Freeman’s album was listed in Rolling Stone‘s most anticipated country albums of the year. Get a gander of 5 seconds of a Freeman song and you’ll know why. The quality of Freeman’s voice is just not something that exists in…
Should you need convincing that queer country and folk (that is often fueled by radically liberal teachers) is totally A Thing, may I present you with Anna/Kate? As a fellow pedagogue, I am always excited to feature the artistic pursuits…
Alex Culbreth’s last album, Heart in a Mason Jar, was released in 2013 which, for me, is one apartment and almost all of my girlfriends ago. Like myself, Culbreth’s narrators aren’t necessarily less of a mess than they were three…