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Golden Shoals Brings Old-Time into Modern Day with Lively Reintroduction

Golden Shoals Brings Old-Time into Modern Day with Lively Reintroduction

Think old-time songs are old-fashioned? In this age of political malaise, systemic injustice, a health catastrophe, and economic uncertainty, old-time’s sounds and themes can feel alarmingly relevant, especially when brought up to date in the able hands of Golden Shoals. The duo of musical partners Amy Alvey and Mark

Daniel Donato’s Debut Blends Classic Country and Classic Rock, With a Dash of Dead

Daniel Donato’s Debut Blends Classic Country and Classic Rock, With a Dash of Dead

Daniel Donato’s journey to A Young Man’s Country started with rocking out via video game Guitar Hero and quickly shifted to playing the real thing on the streets of Nashville and then joining the house band at the legendary Robert’s Western World at the age of 16.

Maya de Vitry’s ‘How to Break a Fall’ Examines the Aftermath

Maya de Vitry’s ‘How to Break a Fall’ Examines the Aftermath

What if I told you it’s possible to distill years of therapy and self-actualization into a single album? You might laugh, but I have good news: Maya de Vitry’s sophomore solo album How to Break a Fall does all that and more. While there wasn’t any doubt

Anna Tivel’s ‘The Question’ Pours Life’s Mysteries Into Lyrics

Anna Tivel’s ‘The Question’ Pours Life’s Mysteries Into Lyrics

Anna Tivel’s voice is like the cutting wind of the Pacific Northwest, her homeland — or at least how I imagine it to be. Tivel’s singing has an unflinching clarity matched only by her literary lyrics. Each song on Tivel’s fourth album, The Question, is a prayer raised

Newcomers Club Arrive With "David"

Newcomers Club Arrive With "David"

There's been a resurgence in harmony-based folk, but that doesn't mean fads are synonymous with shlocky quality. Newcomers Club was founded by John Roach and Geoff Lynn. Raised outside of Boston on old folk music and Dad’s radio, they moved to New York to start

Murdering the Murder Ballad: Misogyny in Country Music

Murdering the Murder Ballad: Misogyny in Country Music

[Content warning: general discussions of sexual assault and violence. There is a brief description of a personal experience at the beginning of the third section. I’ll put another reminder at that point in the article.] I. Imagine me, an awkward red-headed twelve-year old, singing this at the top of

Max Garcia Conover's Fateful Motorhome Journey

Max Garcia Conover's Fateful Motorhome Journey

If you're like me, once you hear the premise for this album you're probably going to think "Oh, boy..." There are lots of young songwriters out there who take themselves off on a trip to find themselves and inspiration. They come back with a