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ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Love You Anyway,’ Devon Gilfillian Crafts R&B for Today

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Love You Anyway,’ Devon Gilfillian Crafts R&B for Today

There is something that feels fundamentally timeless about the sound of Motown and Stax records from the 1960s and ’70s. Whether it’s the soulful vocals, the simple yet virtuosic melodies, or the warm, spacious arrangements, echoing or reimagining those sounds and styles has paid dividends for decades of artists

ALBUM REVIEW: boygenius Deepens Their Connection With ‘the record’

ALBUM REVIEW: boygenius Deepens Their Connection With ‘the record’

What a difference a few years makes. Back in 2018, the slyly dubbed singer-songwriter supergroup boygenius (consisting of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus) felt like a glorified tour-promoting one-off, with each artist tossing in a few songs for the other to harmonize behind on an EP that would

ALBUM REVIEW: Honey Harper Brings Cosmic Sound Closer to Earth

ALBUM REVIEW: Honey Harper Brings Cosmic Sound Closer to Earth

Ever since Gram Parsons came up with the term “cosmic American music” to describe his expansive and countercultural approach to country music, the idea has had a tantalizingly mythic quality to the generations of twang-laden singer-songwriters who followed in his wake. And while for most musicians the appeal has to

Madison Cunningham’s Relentless Evolution

Madison Cunningham’s Relentless Evolution

Madison Cunningham is an artist who aims high. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter already has two Grammy nominations and a showering of critical praise for her deft, jazz-inflected singing and guitar work as well as her preternaturally sophisticated lyricism, but her career thus far is really a story of constant, relentless artistic