Trust me, I’ve had a lot of amazing, incredible things happen this year. And somehow, lately, I just want to curl up with music that focuses on licking your wounds. Shirley Hurt’s self-titled album provides a good soundtrack for that.…
There’s nothing like a well-suited collaboration. Sarah Lee Langford released one of my favorite albums of 2019, Two-hearted Rounder. Its moody atmosphere serves as a neat counterweight to Will Stewart’s breezy Slow Life, which came out earlier this year. The…
Angela Easterling’s new album, Witness is a triumph of songwriting. Easterling masterfully ducks in and out of the best subgenres Americana has to offer while holding on to one important kernel: radical vulnerability. Whether she’s slinging skronky blues or heartfelt…
Admittedly, it’s a bit weird to write about this album a week before my own wedding. But Sunny Sweeney’s Married Alone serves as a roadmap through potential pitfalls — and a reminder that the worst thing that can happen if…
There’s nothing like an excellent band with incredible chemistry, and Effie Zilch have that in spades. Lead by Steve Wyreman and Evanne Barcenas, teenage friends who have been playing together for years, the band’s confidence and skill have the power…