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ALBUM REVIEW: Jedd Hughes' 'Nightshades' Should Get Him The Attention He Deserves

ALBUM REVIEW: Jedd Hughes' 'Nightshades' Should Get Him The Attention He Deserves

Jedd Hughes is well-known among Nashville’s finest musicians—he's played with Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, and Patty Loveless, among others—but he deserves to be even better known outside those circles, too. Nightshades, Hughes’ second solo album, should get him the attention he deserves.A

ALBUM REVIEW: The Beauty of Willie Nelson and Rodney Crowell's World of Songs

ALBUM REVIEW: The Beauty of Willie Nelson and Rodney Crowell's World of Songs

Any world that includes Willie Nelson singing the songs of Rodney Crowell is a beautiful one, indeed. Nelson’s are still remarkably strong into his ninth decade, and he selects 12 of Crowell’s emotionally resonant songs from the past 50 years — ranging from 1976’s “Banks of the Old

THE READING ROOM: 'John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs' Highlights Intimate, Complicated Beatles Relationships

THE READING ROOM: 'John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs' Highlights Intimate, Complicated Beatles Relationships

On shelves already groaning under the weight of books on The Beatles (not to mention books by and about former Beatles), there is always space for one more exploration of the teetering highs and staggering lows of a band lurching from the summit of rock stardom to the valley of

THE READING ROOM: Geoffrey Himes Posits The Opposite of Outlaw Country in New Book 'In-Law Country'

THE READING ROOM: Geoffrey Himes Posits The Opposite of Outlaw Country in New Book 'In-Law Country'

What do Brian Ahern, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Ricky Skaggs, Rosanne Cash, and Guy and Susanna Clark have in common? What unites them musically, or at least brings them together for songwriting rounds and guitar pulls and trading places in one another’s bands? What was it is about the

ALBUM REVIEW: Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters Bring the Light on 'Good Morning, Sunshine'

ALBUM REVIEW: Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters Bring the Light on 'Good Morning, Sunshine'

The title of Portland, Oregon-based Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters’ second album, Good Morning, Sunshine, is perfect. Like their rocking predecessors in the 1970s band Fanny, Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters deliver joyous, high-octane performances, and the 11 songs on this collection overflow with ebullience and energy. The bright title

ALBUM REVIEW: Lola Kirke's 'Trailblazer' Blends Down Home Country and Rock 'N Roll

ALBUM REVIEW: Lola Kirke's 'Trailblazer' Blends Down Home Country and Rock 'N Roll

This has been a good year for Lola Kirke. In January, she released her memoir Wild West Village (Simon & Schuster), and she appeared in the movie Sinners, which hits IMAX theaters in April. And this week, Kirke released her third full-length album, Trailblazer, a swirling blend of country and

THE READING ROOM: Mike Campbell’s ‘Heartbreaker: A Memoir’

THE READING ROOM: Mike Campbell’s ‘Heartbreaker: A Memoir’

These days, most music memoirs tend to be bleary-eyed and bloated chronicles in which artists recount who-slept-with-whom and tote up the quantity of the most mind-expanding, or mind-numbing, drugs swallowed or injected on tour. There’s a requisite tale of childhood, sometimes amidst ragged poverty and uncaring parents and sometimes