Buffalo Nichols is nothing if not blunt. He and his former musical partner, Joanna Rose, performed what is still the single best musical critique of the supposed safe haven of the Americana genre. He had no problem putting on the…
Van Plating is all over Twitter. It’s not that she’s wasting time. She’s used social media in a concerted effort to build community — and fans. The goodwill and carmaderie she’s built up culminates here in Orange Blossom Child, a…
This review is also cross-posted on our sister site, Rainbow Rodeo. Karen and the Sorrows pulled a Beyonce and dropped her latest EP, Why Do We Want What We Want? this morning. Before we get into the EP, though, it’s…
Ed Snodderly has been in the game for a long time. His 1977 debut, Sidewalk Shoes, kick-started a career that his included the Brother Boys (with Eugene Wolf) and covers by Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, John Cowan, Missy Raines, and…
Lots of great music came out this past Friday — Childers, McBryde, Joan Osborne, Julian Taylor…and even more that I know I’m missing as some of Americana and country’s best angle for year-end playlists. But the first album I hit…
Did you know that grad school would seriously cut down on your time to write about music, let alone listen to it? Couldn’t be me! So over the next few weeks you’ll see me writing capsule album reviews in a…
I didn’t even have to listen to this song to know I wanted to call it to your attention. Wendy Moten, whom I interviewed for the Nashville Scene, is a vocal powerhouse and jack-of-all trades. Stephanie Urbina Jones knows how…
It’s difficult to find a band that transcends to the highs of Noble Dust. The Boston-based sextet creates music that fits comfortably in the folk canon but might be better thought of as art songs. Buttressed by horns and strings,…