Grant Britt

Alex Harris' shoes don't fit in the footprints of most soul singers. His steps have led him into philanthropist territory as well as singer-songwriter domains with his nonprofit Arts Conservatory for Teens, which helps prepare at-risk young people for higher education and job opportunities through

Cedric Burnside has his head and his heart in the hills. On his latest, Hill Country Love, the music is a little grittier than on his previous Grammy-winning release, 2021's I Be Trying, for which he took home the Best Traditional Blues Album award. That project was

On his latest outing, he bills himself as the one and only, but Scott H. Biram is still connected to a gang of outlaws. Waylon and Willie and later on Dale Watson paved the way for the unfettered chronicles of low-down livin’ that permeates Biram’s music. But Biram’

Various and assorted assigners of labels are trying to lasso him with a cosmic cowboy lariat, but Sam Morrow won't be attending the roundup. He's too frisky to be tied down. Although he's a Houston denizen, Morrow’s music doesn't sound like

It's like hearing the voice of God. He commands your attention, a mix of the stern Old Testament God laying down the law and the New Testament one inviting sinners to gather round and learn something while they get cleansed. And instead of a scepter in his hand,

JJ Grey is a shape-shifter, a marauding swamp thing big-footin’ it through his ancestral Florida homeland, splashing muddy funk in all directions. Trying to nail those big feet down is like wrasslin’ gators: He's pretty much gonna do what he wants, so just grab hold and