Chris Griffy

On City of Gold, the second album from Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway, wanderlust is a central theme, as are its consequences, both positive and negative. Tuttle’s stellar band, Golden Highway (comprised of fiddler Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, mandolinist Dominick Leslie, banjoist Kyle Tuttle, and bassist Shelby Means), backs her throughout

The Wikipedia entry for Ben Harper lists eight genres he's associated with. A stylistic nomad, Harper roams freely on his new album, Wide Open Light, finding a genre to fit the needs of the song rather than writing a song to fit a genre. Wide Open Light was

Some musicians are poets, exploring the human condition in rhyme. Others are storytellers, writing 3 ½-minute short fiction with fully fleshed-out characters and the kind of fine details expected of a novelist. On What Matters Most, Ben Folds proves himself an able manipulator of the story song, with a literary

The adage “stop and smell the roses” is a reminder to slow down and enjoy life and the wonders nature provides. But in a society more likely to take an Instagram-ready picture of the rose, does the adage still apply? On Wilderness Within You, Parker Millsap advocates a return to