We don’t have time machines (yet) — but we do have Anna & Elizabeth. On their second album, the duet offer us 16 traditional Appalachian songs that range from hymns to dance songs. Whatever recording magic happened, these songs sound…
I’m super excited to have all of these names in the same title! First of all, if you are in either of my two favorite cities (New Orleans or New York — and yes, you read that order correctly), I…
Great Peacock wowed me about two years ago with their first EP. It takes a lot for a song to sear itself into my psyche for that long, but “Take Me to the Mountain” and “Desert Lark” have done just…
The Deer Run Drifters’s sophomore album opens with the lines Young and dumb… Not good at much But fucking up It could be another album about crying in your cups (it is) but it’s not the usual gravely sad-sack guy…
If you’re ready for a break from the typical sad bastard song club fare, the Freddy Jones Band has a nice spring song for you. If “Those Diamonds” made you dance in your seat a little bit and you live…