Album Reviews

ALBUM REVIEW: Drayton Farley Wrestles with Big Feelings, Offers Even Bigger Sound on ‘A Heavy Duty Heart’

Drayton Farley is an artist on the rise.

The Alabaman singer-songwriter has found recent success with his music, with multiple songs featured in the hit Paramount+ series Landman, and another on the CBS show Sheriff Country. These high profile spots served to introduce Farley to a larger audience and position his new LP A Heavy Duty Heart as a breakthrough release.

Recorded live-to-tape with his touring band and produced by former 400 Unit guitarist Sadler Vaden, A Heavy Duty Heart contains 10 tracks noteworthy for the high quality of their performances and Farley’s heart-on-his-sleeve lyrics and vocal delivery.

ALBUM REVIEW: The Montvales Chronicle Hard Lives of Everyday Americans on ‘Path of Totality’

A diary of hard times, Path of Totality chronicles the lives of people nickel and dimed in America today, bucking the odds to get by. On their third album as The Montvales, the Knoxville-bred, Cincinnati-based Molly Rochelson and Sally Buice explore the desperation and determination that inspire quiet resistance in

ALBUM REVIEW: With ‘Future Soul,’ Tedeschi Trucks Band Range Far and Wide

Over five albums – including their bluesy debut, Revelator (2011), the socio-politically charged Let Me Get By (2016), and their magnum opus, I Am the Moon (2022) – Tedeschi Trucks Band synthesized their eclectic bents and honed their songcraft. With their sixth album, Future Soul, the band continue to integrate broad affinities,

ALBUM REVIEW: Jack Studer Creates an Approachable Slacker Vibe on 'Falling Forward'

“Ten Out of Nine” is a simple little love song. Over finger-style guitar and straightforward honky-tonk bass, Jack Studer sings an unhurried ode to his other half. The tune is a bit naive–she’s right most of the time, he says; if they fight, it’s his fault, he

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