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ALBUM REVIEW: Denitia Navigates Change on 'Sunset Drive'

ALBUM REVIEW: Denitia Navigates Change on 'Sunset Drive'

Jagged earth under warped tires, the air whipping through open windows, the heart that beats along to the car stereo – all of it changes, forced to weather the seasons and evolve. In this life, change is the one constant, the only sure thing. For Denitia, it serves as the compass

ALBUM REVIEW: 49 Winchester Are ‘Leavin’ This Holler’ Without Forsaking Their Roots

ALBUM REVIEW: 49 Winchester Are ‘Leavin’ This Holler’ Without Forsaking Their Roots

It’s been said that there’s no place like home. It nurtures and teaches us, often informing our direction in life. Sometimes, though, we have to leave to really understand not only the gravity of home, but who we are without it. Perhaps 49 Winchester’s Isaac Gibson sings

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Made by These Moments,’ The Red Clay Strays Find a Home in Introspective Songs

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Made by These Moments,’ The Red Clay Strays Find a Home in Introspective Songs

“I’ve been holding onto something / This all can’t be for nothing / We’re all made by these moments,” frontman Brandon Coleman belts with a Graceland gusto on “Moments,” the song that inspired the title to The Red Clay Strays’ sophomore effort. Over the last few years, it really

ALBUM REVIEW: Emily Nenni Confident Behind the Wheel of ‘Drive & Cry’

ALBUM REVIEW: Emily Nenni Confident Behind the Wheel of ‘Drive & Cry’

It wasn’t long ago that honky-tonk heroine Emily Nenni set her time-tinted croon against the dazzling prairiescape of On the Ranch, her 2022 release where songs of hard work and hard-won wisdom freely roamed (ND review). For her follow-up, Drive & Cry, dust-laden corrals and weathered rail fences have