Category The Basics

Luke Winslow-King — Everlasting Arms

Luke Winslow-King is a Northern boy made good. Lured to New Orleans for the same reason everyone else is (music), Winslow-King studied at the University of New Orleans. While I’m sure he was interested in blues and jazz long before…

Emma Swift — Emma Swift

I’m gonna start with the bad since I like to end with the positives: I wish this album were longer. Emma Swift splits her time between Sydney and Nashville, but there’s no question that the Australian native deserves a special…

Brother Dege — Scorched Earth Policy

Scorched Earth Policy really is just that — a rock’n’roll tour de force that’ll singe the little hairs on your arms and eyebrows. In this summer mixtape (which clocks in at over an hour), Brother Dege takes no prisoners and…

Sean Rowe — Madman

Superhero stories are popular because it taps into our belief that we all have a special gift, if only circumstances or discovery could show us what it is and how to use it. I don’t think that was a difficult…