Kyle Mont Cunningham’s new song “Ibuprofen” has a prescription for a broken heart. The Idaho-based singer-songwriter delivers this tale of betrayal with a sardonic grin. Cunningham’s gritty voice gives the song’s humor an extra push, and his world-weary performance sells…
It doesn’t take long to realize Linda Dunnavant’s new single, “Turn the Lights On,” is something special. Dunnavant’s lilting voice is imbued with vulnerability and purpose. The electronic shimmer that lives somewhere between a banjo and a guitar signals that…
Ernie Vincent has more than earned his title of Dap King. His band The Top Notes have been a fixture in New Orleans since the early 1970s, working their own shows as well as backing many other artists. Vincent himself grew up…
You’re Still Here is nothing less than a tour de force of songwriting. Sarah Rose Janko’s rich storytelling explores the corners of the world that most would rather not. Her voice has an earthy texture that makes all of these…
If you wish Courtney Love had written a country album, Suzie Chism has got you covered. The singer-songwriter is based out of Nashville now, but every song here screams LA. It’s not just the lyrical content, which centers the incongruity…
When you strip it all down to bare essentials, you get Jamie Stillway’s Lullaby For a Stranger. The instrumental album has a sense of intimate warmth that is gamely striving to stave away coldness and alienation. Considering Stillway wrote and…
Bo Armstrong keeps it simple and true on his new album If your tired heart is aching… Armstrong’s sensitive, straightforward Americana is arresting. With his warm voice at the center of each composition, Armstrong’s tales of exhaustion and optimism carry…
Donny Van Slee grabs the bull by the horns. Music has always been his love, but it wasn’t until he took a stop off in Nashville while pursuing chiropractic studies that he knew he had to be a musician. He…