Lynn Drury’s become a master of the world-weary ballad. That doesn’t mean Drury’s stuck in a rut; it’s just that on her eighth (!) album, Rise of the Fall, she plays to her strengths. Drury’s got a refreshing earthiness to…
Here’s a nice playlist for your morning routine We start with Lee N. Sage‘s “Thrown,” a bracing acoustic track. That’s followed up by some blistering shoegaze punk from American High. Mt. Joy brings us back to Earth with a rootsier…
A hole in the time-space continuum allowed queer country luminaries James Wilson (of the Paisley Fields) and Sam Gleaves to get some back-porch-and-strumming time. The pair sing a bottom-of-the-glass rendition of Tammy Wynette’s “Apartment #9” (and now that same-sex marriage…
Last week, Matthew Ryan released his remarkable new album, Hustle Up Starlings. Matt wrote some thoughtful answers to my questions, below. 1. What made you say to yourself: wait — I’ve got at least one more album in me? That…
When Cayetana’s first album, Nervous Like Me, came out, it was the calling card of a bold, scrappy band. But three years bring a lot of change and upheaval. Like the rest of us, Cayetana did not leave their early…