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…
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…
If you haven’t heard Matt Woods’ album Natural Disasters yet, I’m sorry. It’s partially my fault. The album came out in June and I totally missed it — and then the time got away from me when it came to…
When I’ve been telling people that work has been intense this summer, I really meant it. Jake Riley’s album came out a month ago, and I’m only just getting around to telling you about it. (Though I did feature it…
The first thing that jumped out at me about Lucy Isabel’s Rambling Stranger is its sense of adventure. Isabel truly embodies the full sense of Americana — no two songs here are exactly the same. Isabel glides between bar band…