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With ‘Lay It On Me,’ Gabe Dixon Provides an Effervescent Summer Soundtrack

With ‘Lay It On Me,’ Gabe Dixon Provides an Effervescent Summer Soundtrack

A pattern is beginning to emerge for Gabe Dixon fans, one in which a new solo album is gifted to us every five years. After One Spark, Dixon’s solo debut in 2011, and Turns to Gold, which dropped in 2016, Lay It On Me is the piano man’s

Ashley Monroe Paints with a Pop Palette on ‘Rosegold’

Ashley Monroe Paints with a Pop Palette on ‘Rosegold’

It doesn’t take long for Ashley Monroe to seize control on Rosegold. “There’s nowhere else that you would rather be,” she sings on album opener “Siren.” Okay, then. Monroe has good reason for her artistic confidence after the acclaim for Sparrow in 2018 (produced by the brilliant Dave

On ‘Could Have Loved You,’ Fretland Finds the Humanity in Heartbreak

On ‘Could Have Loved You,’ Fretland Finds the Humanity in Heartbreak

My first response upon hearing Fretland was to search for the assumed missed steps to the trio’s musical present. Could Have Loved You is so affecting and mature — blindsidingly so — that it only felt right to assume that the members involved were old pros, seasoned players who just happened

Mandolin Orange’s Andrew Marlin Turns Inward for Pair of Instrumental Explorations

Mandolin Orange’s Andrew Marlin Turns Inward for Pair of Instrumental Explorations

Credit Andrew Marlin for investing his time meaningfully over the last year. Like the rest of us, Marlin and his bandmates in Mandolin Orange were forced to shelve numerous live dates and whatever other musical activities they had planned in 2020 due to a global pandemic. As the world turned