Matt Conner

For a solo artist releasing an album about a single titular protagonist, it’s an interesting turn by Charley Crockett to sequence the entire affair by giving his backing band the first impression. As it turns out, it’s a fitting move given that The Man From Waco is the

What you hear is thankfully what you get with Will Hoge. There were seasons with a full band and others on his own, some Southern flavors and country influences, but Hoge’s long obedience to barroom rock and roll has long been his calling card, and that wasn’t bound

Valerie June’s sonic alchemy has been on the global radar since Dan Auerbach got involved with her trad/modern song fusions as producer on 2013’s Pushin’ Against a Stone. Black gospel flair and East Tennessee folk leanings came together on that recording with riveting pop ideas, and June

While any long-running catalog is going to have its outliers, Josh Rouse’s impressive body of work has largely provided listeners with a casual companion for life’s most lived-in moments. Rouse’s easygoing melodies have always felt like the ideal accompaniment for a meandering stroll through familiar neighborhoods or

Given the relatively seismic changes and significant events found within the recent timeline for The Ballroom Thieves, it makes sense to expect something rather jarring from Clouds, the band’s fourth long player. Despite enduring a major car accident, an industry shutdown, and the departure of original member Devin Mauch,

B.J. Barham has spent the last couple of years trying to make musical sense of his own wreckage, so it’s not surprising to see the resulting set of songs named after a place that historically provided maritime rescues for those literally sinking off the coast of his native