Maeri Ferguson

Make no mistake, Common Nation of Sorrow is a protest album. Rachel Baiman’s follow-up to her 2021 release, Cycles (ND review), bucks against a system of oppression that spans from mental health to housing; economic privilege; and capitalism. Baiman’s songwriting turns the volume up on voices often quieted,

How do all the members of a seven-piece band get to actively collaborate and have their voices heard in the making of a new album? For The Nude Party, it came down to space and time, and, maybe most importantly, self-producing. Over the past several years, they’ve been carving

Anyone who has ever sat in front of a computer screen knows it well: that spinning multicolor wheel that seems to imply an infinite period of waiting. Singer-songwriter Dougie Poole has managed to turn this little symbol into the ultimate metaphor for his third album, The Rainbow Wheel of Death.

These days, the word “authentic” gets thrown around with such frequency, it can ring empty. But it is fitting when describing Benjamin Dakota Rogers, whose new album, Paint Horse, is a collection of genuine folk songs with none of the put-ons and all the experience to back it up. Written