Western culture really likes to catalog things. Scientific taxonomies, historical periods, gender, music genres. It’s comforting to think that it’s possible to list and organize everything in the world. But nature isn’t like that — and neither is Mercy Bell’s…
I was really taken by this song on Episode 84 of the podcast. Lawrence’s melancholy vocals and hopeful tone brought to mind a sort of country-tinged Fountains of Wayne. Lawrence is the drummer for the Felice Brothers, so he’s had…
It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from Left Arm Tan — turns out there’s good reason for that. The Texas road warriors are marking their ten-year anniversary with a hard look at themselves — a hard look that shows…
Before the year closes out, I’d be criminally negligent in not writing up Lavender Country’s Blackberry Rose. Lavender Country, a loose collective headed up by Patrick Haggerty, released their first album, Lavender Country, in 1973. It’s the first known queer…
Back in June, Anna Volpe released her debut EP Call My Name, a heartfelt exploration of pop music with significant influences from Volpe’s country music roots. I know Volpe through her collaborations with James Wilson of Paisley Fields, but I’m…