Corbie Hill

“Walk Away,” from Tray Wellington’s new Heart on the Table, is a story song with a foot in at least two traditions.  “More focused on fame from an internet flex / versus feeling the pain in our hearts, we deflect / with pictures meant to take us from our lives’ weights,

American Aquarium's “4x60” finds a younger BJ Barham in the back seat of a Chevy Blazer. The song from the latest American Aquarium record New Ways to Lose is full of “back in the day…” details. For those who remember rural North Carolina in the ‘90s, there’s

Joshua Ray Walker has slowed down enough to feel what he’s feeling. The mid-tempo, pensive “Chasing Sunsets” is spacious and melancholy like a War on Drugs tune. It opens with this Texan disillusioned in Hollywood, setting a rattled, twilit vibe for the rest of the tune. By the

An argument is circular.  So, too, is Ramsey Thornton’s song about one. The chiming fingerstyle guitar, the jazz-educated percussion, and the vocal melodies of “Chase After You” double back on each other, never quite resolving. There’s a clear sense of a damaged relationship circling the drain, neither

“Ten Out of Nine” is a simple little love song. Over finger-style guitar and straightforward honky-tonk bass, Jack Studer sings an unhurried ode to his other half. The tune is a bit naive–she’s right most of the time, he says; if they fight, it’s his