Rachel Cholst

Kyshona invites us all to find pride in our histories on her stunning new album, Legacy. The album is sonically influenced by her late grandfather HT, who led his church’s choir: These songs are a new gospel of honor, veneration, tradition — and approaching our current moment with grace and

It’s not safe to expect more of the same from an artist as curious and driven as Aaron Lee Tasjan. Tasjan’s new album, Stellar Evolution, tracks his growth as a person and an artist. Tasjan may be known to No Depression readers as a piercing singer-songwriter, but he

When the youth use the phrase “say it with my whole chest,” it means that they are speaking sincerely. For Willi Carlisle, this metaphor applies with all its meanings: Declaiming like a medieval bard on his evocative new album, Critterland, Carlisle finds the union between his past life as a

On Desert Pavement, ISMAY crafts a world that exists somewhere in between past and present, reality and fantasy, country and city. The title was inspired by the bluegrass lifer’s interest in cowboy poetry. Desert pavement is a natural phenomenon described in the book Home Ground: A Guide to the

On Current, Danielle Howle displays her expertise at capturing music’s spirit. That’s not a vague cliché. Howle opens her album with the lyrics “Why’d I let all of that outta my mouth / Don’t you know I feel insane?” While that song “Live Through,” is about navigating

Colin Cutler’s life has many threads: a former Pentecostal Christian, a military veteran, a troubadour who bummed rides across Europe, and a community college instructor, it all leads to one magnificent tapestry of roots music on Tarwater. The album is named for both a Flannery O’Connor character and