Lots of great music came out this past Friday — Childers, McBryde, Joan Osborne, Julian Taylor…and even more that I know I’m missing as some of Americana and country’s best angle for year-end playlists. But the first album I hit…
Did you know that grad school would seriously cut down on your time to write about music, let alone listen to it? Couldn’t be me! So over the next few weeks you’ll see me writing capsule album reviews in a…
It’s difficult to find a band that transcends to the highs of Noble Dust. The Boston-based sextet creates music that fits comfortably in the folk canon but might be better thought of as art songs. Buttressed by horns and strings,…
Veteran performer Rachael Sage brings all that experience to bear on her recent release The Other Side. As Sage explained to our sister site Rainbow Rodeo, the album comes in the wake of cancer treatment, the upheaval of lockdown, and…
Ryan Curtis’s gravelly voice will almost certainly remind you of your favorite Americana Dude. His songs of road dogging, hard living, and heartbreak are skillfully executed and stand up to the best of them. Where It Ain’t Easy stands out…