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ALBUM REVIEW: Willie Watson Has New Tricks Up His Sleeve

ALBUM REVIEW: Willie Watson Has New Tricks Up His Sleeve

Willie Watson has always operated on the periphery. Even in the making of his own story. First, he was harmonizing on early versions of “Wagon Wheel” in high school, as a founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show. After he left the band in 2011, he drifted into various projects

ALBUM REVIEW: The Cactus Blossoms Move Along on ‘Every Time I Think About You’

ALBUM REVIEW: The Cactus Blossoms Move Along on ‘Every Time I Think About You’

As The Cactus Blossoms, brothers Jack Torrey and Page Burkum have been assembling their version of revivalist Americana now for nearly a decade and a half. In that time, they’ve established a unique sound, rooted deep in early rock and roll, folk, and country-western music. Their latest release, Every

ALBUM REVIEW: Amos Lee Searches and Finds on ‘Transmissions’

ALBUM REVIEW: Amos Lee Searches and Finds on ‘Transmissions’

Amos Lee has been a remarkably busy man as of late. In the last two years, he’s released three full-length studio albums. He began the streak with 2022’s Dreamland (ND review) and followed it up with two tribute albums to two of his greatest musical influences: Chet Baker

ALBUM REVIEW: Cassandra Lewis’ Winding Path Weaves a Rich Tapestry for ‘Lost in a Dream’

ALBUM REVIEW: Cassandra Lewis’ Winding Path Weaves a Rich Tapestry for ‘Lost in a Dream’

“Road’s been too rough to walk alone” Cassandra Lewis admits on “Too Much,” the opening track of her major-label debut, Lost in a Dream. And what a life it’s been, beginning with a driftless childhood that found her regional fame as a kid yodeler in Idaho, then operating

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Anniversary,’ Adeem the Artist Draws From Their Beautiful, Impossible American Life

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Anniversary,’ Adeem the Artist Draws From Their Beautiful, Impossible American Life

Rockers. Love ballads. Tragedies and picket songs. They’re all here on Adeem the Artist’s Anniversary. Recorded over five days with Butch Walker and a slate of Nashville’s finest, Anniversary is Adeem’s follow-up to 2022’s White Trash Revelry (ND story), which landed them a nomination for

Western Paintings Color Cary Morin’s Musical Point of View

Western Paintings Color Cary Morin’s Musical Point of View

Sitting on a couch in his home in Fort Collins, Colorado, Cary Morin holds up a small copper bust to the camera with both hands. It’s of a man, wearing a hat and looking serious and faraway at some wide, pastoral landscape. “It’s Charlie,” Morin says, meaning the

ALBUM REVIEW: Zach Russell Strikes a Back-Home Tone on ‘Where the Flowers Meet the Dew’

ALBUM REVIEW: Zach Russell Strikes a Back-Home Tone on ‘Where the Flowers Meet the Dew’

Zach Russell had to break a tired old proverb on his way to making his debut album, Where the Flowers Meet the Dew: He moved out of Nashville seven years into the 10-year town, returning home to eastern Tennessee in 2018. He released his first EP, The Creek, in 2021,