ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Reel 2 Reel 4 Real' Is Ray Wylie Hubbard as He Was Meant to Be Heard
Ray Wylie Hubbard’s latest album is alive.
While the Texas music icon says it may be his last, throughout Reel 2 Reel 4 Real, chords shift and reshape, like restless muscles; rhythms snap, like bones into place; steel slithers and slinks, something awakening, yawning, stretching under the meat of
ALBUM REVIEW: Brennan Wedl Makes Room for the Mess
Brennan Wedl has been making music for a long time, but it feels right that only now is she finally releasing a self-titled album. Her debut for ANTI-, Brennan Wedl, is an amalgamation of the sounds that have shaped her musical coming of age, consciously or not, but it’
THROUGH THE LENS: Vinyl Update - Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, Skip James, and More
A lot has happened on the vinyl front since the last update nearly three months ago. Not only have we been treated to definitive reissues (reviewed below) of albums by Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and blues legends Skip James and Albert King, but also albums by Marvin Gaye
ALBUM REVIEW: Po’ Ramblin’ Boys Bring Contemporary Flair to the Bluegrass Playbook
With their latest album, Po’ Ramblin’ Boys navigate another set chock-full of drawls, twangs, harmonies, and foot-stomping rhythms. Welcome to the Club, like previous projects, honors the quintet’s heroes — Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers, among others — while effusing a contemporary flair, the Tennessee-born band reveling
BONUS TRACKS: Reissues from The Chicks and The Bluegrass Album Band, New Music from Kaitlin Butts and St. Paul & The Broken Bones, and More Roots Music News
The Chicks announced a 20th anniversary reissue of Taking the Long Way due out October 2 via Legacy Recordings. The reissue will be available as a triple-LP set and will include three previously unreleased demos and two rarities. The whole album, including the bonus tracks, will also be available
ALBUM REVIEW: Elizabeth Cook Showcases Her Emotional Depth on 'Great Television'
It’s been too long since we’ve heard from Elizabeth Cook. Now, six years after her last album, 2020’s Aftermath, she returns with her eighth studio album, Great Television, and it’s a welcome gift. The album appears at the same time as her film The Easy Kind