The backstory for Pops Staples’ posthumous release is almost as interesting as the album itself. To be honest, I only really knew about — and appreciated — Mavis Staples with her “comeback” album You Are Not Alone. (My parents pretty…
I feel like I’ve been posting a lot of…gentler…music on the blog than I have in the past. I’m trying to find more of a balance, and “Six String All to My Heart,” the lead single off of Purple Hill’s…
What happens when a group of New Orleans songwriters at their primes sit around a kitchen table and shoot the shit? They create a Voltron of top-notch music. The Write Brothers consist of Spencer Bohren, Jim McCormick, Alex McMurray, and…
Don’t you miss the ’90s? It felt like a quiet time, to be sure, but as one new book points out, the ’90s were actually pretty fucked up. But I wasn’t aware of that at the time, and neither were…
According to Nashville (what? You don’t watch it religiously?), East Nashville is where all the hipsters hang out. Since the show’s about mainstream country stars in their 40s and wannabe mainstream country stars in their 20s, it’s often said with…