Henry Carrigan

The title of Dirt Does Dylan tells you everything you need to know: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band makes more than a little magic covering the songs of Bob Dylan. Dylan and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band have shaped the music we now call Americana more than any other artists

Steve Forbert remains the great American troubadour, crisscrossing the country, guitar slung over his back and harmonica rack over his shoulders, celebrating the colorful diversity of life along America’s highways and byways. The swaggering title track of Forbert’s new album, Moving Through America, mimics the road tripping of

Michelle Malone’s songs unfold cinematically. Every flourish of her guitar captures a moment of human vulnerability, and her warm, inviting vocals tell stories of the exquisite intimacy of our daily lives, whether we’re picking eggs from under our hens, living with heartbreak and loss, trying to find ourselves,

A new album by Old Crow Medicine Show is a cause for celebration, and Paint This Town is no exception. The band plays with a raucous abandon made even more powerful by the stomping, percussive rhythms that swirl madly within the restraints of the sonic structures of each song. The

Hauntingly beautiful in its spacious lyricism, Amy Speace’s new album, Tucson, floats through a powerfully emotional landscape, moving from darkness to dawn tentatively but with the increasing confidence of a survivor gaining power over the past by being there for others. Like poets Mary Oliver and Elizabeth Bishop, Speace