ALBUM REVIEW: Emily Scott Robinson’s Soul-Stirring Stories on ‘Appalachia’ Emily Scott Robinson begins her latest record, Appalachia, with a hymn, a promise for the year ahead to be better than the last. With a melancholic echo of “Auld Lang Syne,” Robinson offers some hope for new beginnings even when it seems unthinkable. And though “Hymn for the Unholy” wasn’
ALBUM REVIEW: Della Mae Returns with Joyous, Soul-Affirming ‘Magic Accident’ Della Mae is back with joyous, soul-affirming music. Grammy award-winning banjoist Alison Brown produces and plays on Magic Accident, the band’s first album for Compass Records and their first since 2021’s Family Reunion. The songs on Magic Accident embraces the complexity of life while celebrating the glimmers of
ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Scenes from Above’ Julian Lage’s New Quartet Delivers New Stunning Blues, Jazz, and Soul Quartet Julian Lage is a ceaselessly inventive composer and one of the best guitarists playing today. On Scenes from Above, produced by Joe Henry, he joins forces with keyboardist John Medeski, bassist Jorge Roeder, and drummer Kenny Wollesen in a new quartet to deliver stunning new tunes that move among blues,