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…
UPDATED: 11/26/22 Hello! I hopped over to Mastodon about two weeks ago, once Elon began making increasingly strange pronouncements. I don’t know if it will “replace” Twitter (it doesn’t need to!), or if Twitter will actually collapse, but so far…
Sarah King inhabits the dark side of Americana with a rich imagination and powerful voice. Her 2021 debut EP The Hour, produced by Simone Felice and David Baron (The Lumineers, Jade Bird), marks her stunning arrival. (I reviewed it when…
Last Year’s Man is the pseudonym of Eugene, OR based producer and songwriter, Tyler Fortier. Fortier is a frequent collaborator with up-and-coming Northwest singer/songwriters and has produced recordings for artists such as Anna Tivel, Beth Wood, and Jeffrey Martin. OPB…