When you have a voice like Delta Jackson’s, I’m not sure if you have any choice but to become a singer. Jackson’s debut EP showcases her range, suggesting that Jackson refuses to be neatly categorized into a sultry songstress or…
Do you need some gentle misanthropism in your life? Obviously you do — you read this blog, don’t you? Izzy Heltai is only too happy to fill that need for you. Sweet Apathy is one of the more apt album…
Joseph Houck describes this album as an album about “traveling,” but I think that’s a bit misleading. If you have trouble finding folk music about having all the chill and rambling aimlessly, you’re not looking in the right places. What’s…
Lately I’ve noticed that the musicians we’ve come to love around these parts have been leaning more towards a big, spacey sound that evokes the country music of the 1970s — as well as the psychedelics that accompanied it. I’m…
It’s not that Hank Williams songs need any improving. But on Leslie Tom’s newest release, they get a fresh interpretation. Ain’t It Something, Hank Williams isn’t a straight cover album, though Tom’s renditions of his greats like “Hey Good Lookin’”…