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ALBUM REVIEW: On Self-Titled 11th Album, The Avett Brothers Keep to Their Path

With their latest and self-titled LP, The Avett Brothers offer earnest and wistfully philosophic songs set within well-polished soundscapes. Continuing to mine the light-pop and folk-rock MO honed on their major-label debut, 2009’s I and Love and You, the band again collaborates — effectively, if predictably — with producer Rick Rubin.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Little Feat ‘Strike Up The Band’ Excellently

ALBUM REVIEW: Little Feat ‘Strike Up The Band’ Excellently

Even though 'Strike Up the Band’s' thirteen cuts are all new originals, Little Feat haunts itself with ghosts of its long-running essence, a funk-stained radiance that cuts across all musical borders to resurrect and revitalize their ongoing journey.

ALBUM REVIEW: Sterling Drake's 'The Shape I'm In' is A Staggering Debut

ALBUM REVIEW: Sterling Drake's 'The Shape I'm In' is A Staggering Debut

On 'The Shape I'm In,' Sterling Drake pays tribute both to musical forebears such as Willie Nelson, Lead Belly, and Townes Van Zandt, and invites comparison to modern country and folk music’s best young songwriters, including Zach Bryan, Tyler Childers, Sierra Ferrell, and Willi Carlisle.

ALBUM REVIEW: On 'From Newman Street,' Kassi Valazza is At Her Best

ALBUM REVIEW: On 'From Newman Street,' Kassi Valazza is At Her Best

On her third album, 'From Newman Street,' Kassi Valazza uses humble landscapes to ground existential musings on the passage of time and navigating change.