Anti-Racist Americana Part 2
It’s awards show season, which means it’s both a good time to reflect on the year’s music — and the state of the industry. While LGBTQ+ and BIPOC artists have made huge strides in visibility, this is largely thanks to…
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Come Home to Joel Brogon’s “Reunion”
Texas musician Joel Brogon plays your feelings as effectively as his guitar on his new EP Reunion: Songs of Family and Home. Brogon’s high, lilting voice and surefire melodies make his gentle folk meditations on home, belonging, and grief into…
PREMIERE: Moon Shine Balances Hope and Fear in “The Promise”
Born in Memphis and raised between Los Angeles and Nashville, Angie spent her childhood living in two very distinct and distant worlds. “My parents split up, soon after we moved to L.A. for my father to train with the surgeon…
Rachel Angel Illuminates Insecurities on Cosmic “Midnite Heart Attack”
Rachel Angel doesn’t pull any punches on the title track of her new album. Digging in with country rock grooves, Angel leverages country musical tropes — hard distortion counterbalanced with a wistful slide guitar and wailing organ — to evoke…
Effie Zilch Transmute Joy Into Music On Trinity Vol. 2
There’s nothing like an excellent band with incredible chemistry, and Effie Zilch have that in spades. Lead by Steve Wyreman and Evanne Barcenas, teenage friends who have been playing together for years, the band’s confidence and skill have the power…