Two things to expect from Josh Brooks’ new album: you’re going to cry. You’re also going to laugh really hard. Brooks is an erudite lyricist whose songs feel more literary than anything else; the guitars and melodies are great, but…
If you’re in Nashville, you should make the time to go see Goldenchild. Wiley Gaby, who’s relocated there from Brooklyn, is a real spitfire of a performer. I got to see him play with Paisley Fields and Mercy Bell up…
“Growing up as a ‘passing’ Mexican-American taught me that being a working class Mexican was not cool, at least to upper class suburban white kids,” Alicia Blue writes. “My friends made that apparent with comments like ‘do you have an…
I am desperately in love with this album. I’ve already added Abigail Lapell’s Getaway to my album of the year list. I’m that stoked about it. Lapell’s self-styled “prairie noir” has all the things that grab me about Canadian country…
I keep getting all kinds of great music sent to me but, as has been the case for the past five years, the amount of music I want to get to is far greater than the amount of time I…