If you read this blog it means you miss the ’90s — sonically — at least a little teensy weensy bit. If you are my favorite kind of reader on this blog (I don’t have favorite students, but I do…

The Onlies have a rare gift for storytelling that is barely surpassed by their musical chops. It wouldn’t do you any good for me to describe each song on Open Road, though that’s kind of what I want to do.…

Continuing in the vein of fantastic Canadian Americana artists (is that an oxymoron?) I present to you Express and Company. Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover. Like its album art, Ontario is an airy, unassuming album that…

Austin Lucas hits the nail on the head yet again. But first, I want to talk about something that doesn’t really matter. I’m a pretty tactile person, and I enjoy getting CDs in the mail. I like opening the envelopes.…

That sound you just heard was my fangirl-ish squee from receiving an e-mail directly from music god Paul Sanchez. It’s safe to say that he was a huge asset to Cowboy Mouth. His songs had an artistic quality that separated…