Old 97’s ‘American Primitive’ Sports Hits and Misses
Old 97’s American Primitive features some of their most vital work since their first decade as a group, but it’s front-loaded with the hits.
Old 97’s American Primitive features some of their most vital work since their first decade as a group, but it’s front-loaded with the hits.
Singer-songwriter Dawn Landes performs classic folk songs of struggle. Women’s rights are the unalienable ones we all share. Anything else is inherently wrong.
The Dead South’s Chains & Stakes picks up where their last LP, 2019’s Sugar & Joy, left off. These 13 tracks lean toward hard-edged bluegrass and dark stories.
John Moreland’s gift to listeners is rooted in his alienation, as on his latest album, Visitor. We visit his world as a way to find ourselves.
Charlie Parr remains aware of his blues tradition, but he mostly moves into his own space, building on his roots background with creativity for Little Sun.
Revelator captures Phosphorescent’s endeavor to encounter life as it is, practicing vulnerability, empathy, and a degree of self-effacement.
Scott Ballew’s metaphysical life lessons entertain us like a good movie with a cliffhanger ending. One doesn’t know what happens next—and that is the point.
“All About the Bones” is peak Chris Smither, a song that seems at once both a revelation and not unlike the return of a long-awaited friend.
While the Wailin’ Jennys are still playing their hearts out as three roots wonder women, co-founder Ruth Moody has new music and a special announcement to make.
Americana/country singer-songwriters Kelly Willis, Melissa Carper, and Brennen Leigh team up for the Wonder Women of Country and release their first EP.
At the inaugural Extra Innings Festival, spring swung into gear with baseball bats and an eclectic lineup of musicians. These players led our hit parade.
On a “tricky career path” since officially forming Larkin Poe in 2014, see how sisters Megan and Rebecca Lovell became the feel-good story of February.