A few months ago I wrote about Samantha Crain’s moving, timely album Under Branch & Thorn Tree. Today I’d like to share the moving music video that accompanies Crain’s protest song, “Killer.” While the song itself addresses the deadly slow…
Let’s cut to the chase: this album is astonishing. Corin Raymond is a truly masterful songwriter. I’m sorry that I haven’t heard of him sooner. Maybe it’s an unconscious association, but Raymond’s sharp intellect and a delivery that gives the…
I recently went on a date with someone who likes to go to museums and keep up with contemporary literature. I thought to myself, “What the hell am I doing here? I go watch bar bands and then I go…
They Haymarket Square have a certain rogue-ish charm that makes the harsh medicine of their lyrics — incisive, biting political commentary — go down easily. It was love at first sight with the band’s gospel take on “Heaven,” with an…
I’m very excited to hear Faith Evans Ruch’s new tunes. She dazzled me with After It’s Said and Done and is ready to blow us all away with her next release. For the new batch of songs, Ruch has drifted…