Nancy Posey

In their first duo project, Simple Motion, singer-songwriters Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz suggest responses to inevitable change. That might mean hopping a train or a ship with a certain destination, or one might “Ramble” — stepping outside, “one foot then the other.” The changes Brace and Jutz navigate are as

Asheville, North Carolina-based bluegrass group Holler Choir serves up a gentle irony with the title of their debut LP, Songs Before They Write Themselves, that runs throughout the entire album. In a time of growing concerns over the potential impact of artificial intelligence on musical creativity, lead vocalist and lyricist

Kinetic Tone, Balsam Range’s new album and their 10th with Mountain Home Music Company, delivers the level of added energy the title implies. After 15 years together, the group has made adjustments after the amicable departure of their original mandolin player and vocalist Darren Nicholson, with Alan Bibey of

In the title track for her latest album, Sideshow, EmiSunshine claims to be “too strange for the big tent,” opting instead to be “queen of the sideshow.” But the songs on this project may suggest that the 19-year-old singer with a 10-year music career may be ready for the big

On Queen of Time, her first album without the Flatbellys, Lindsay Lou tracks her progress through recent turmoil and grief that led to songs of hope and realization. In this album of self-discovery, she addresses the competing tensions women face. In the title song, she explores the paradoxes: What a