FRESH TRACK: Mark and Maggie O'Connor – 'Life After Life' Trailer
Grammy Award-winning Americana and bluegrass artists Mark and Maggie O’Connor have released their latest album, Life After Life. The compelling theme flowing throughout Life After Life is the idea that while our common experiences can turn into challenges — even hardships — we still seek optimism and hope.
As Mark explains,
No Depression Sessions at Folk Alliance International 2024: Jolie Holland
Join us for Jolie Holland’s No Depression Session from Folk Alliance International in Kansas City, where she performs three songs from two albums called Haunted Mountain. The first two songs are included on Holland’s Haunted Mountain, and the third can be heard on Buck Meek’s album of
BONUS TRACKS: Box Set Celebrating Black Country Artists Gets 21st-Century Update
A quarter century ago, country musician Cleve Francis and college professor Nelson Wilson saw a gap in the story of country music that was being presented to mainstream audiences. To help tell a fuller story, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and Warner Music Nashville worked together on
ALBUM REVIEW: Songs and Sounds of Social Justice Fire Up The Reverend Shawn Amos’ ‘Soul Brother No. 1’
Adopting James Brown's mantle as Soul Brother No. 1 for an album title is a ballsy move. But it quickly becomes apparent that on his latest project, The Reverend Shawn Amos is not trying to subvert Brown's legacy or sound, but rather carrying on the tradition
ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Anniversary,’ Adeem the Artist Draws From Their Beautiful, Impossible American Life
Rockers. Love ballads. Tragedies and picket songs. They’re all here on Adeem the Artist’s Anniversary. Recorded over five days with Butch Walker and a slate of Nashville’s finest, Anniversary is Adeem’s follow-up to 2022’s White Trash Revelry (ND story), which landed them a nomination for
ALBUM REVIEW: Chris Smither Cuts Deep on ‘All About the Bones’
Nobody blends groove and gravitas quite like Chris Smither.
The folk-blues master leads off his new album with the title song, “All About the Bones.” Over a seductive mid-tempo rhythm burnished by his own deftly picked guitar, Chris Cheek's late-night sax, and BettySoo’s ethereal backing vocals, Smither