Grant Britt

Shinyribs looks like it'd be a band as much fun to be in as it is to listen to. If you were the frontman, you'd get to wear a hooded cape that not only glows in the dark but flashes different colors like a lit-up

Listening to Tracy Nelson sing is like being inside a pipe organ. Her magnificent instrument makes your whole body vibrate. It's churchy as all get out, but there's plenty of sinner loose in there as well. Whether looking out of smeared, fly-specked honky-tonk windows

Selwyn Birchwood's latest release wouldn't meet with approval from the Florida chamber of commerce. “Florida Man,” from the Orlando, Florida, native's latest, Exorcist, features many Florida denizens who apparently have more than a viewing familiarity with the TV show COPS. They’re Sunshine State

If you want a heaping plate full of twang, let Sara Petite be your server. With her original roots planted in a tulip farm in Sumner, Washington, the self-proclaimed rhubarb pie capitol of the world, Petite developed a taste for the outlaw country side of life. That allows her

In February of last year, seven members of the Grammy-nominated Mardi Gras Indian funk band Cha Wa strutted away to pursue a second line in another direction. Citing “irreconcilable internal differences," the new aggregation, headed by former Cha Wa lead singer Joseph Boudreaux Jr., calls itself The Rumble.

For her eponymous debut, 27-year-old Malawi native Keturah presents a world-class collection of world music. This is gorgeous stuff, harvested from a garden of delights representing an impressive spread of flavors and textures. Malawi has always been a musical cauldron containing a spicy gumbo with ingredients from