ALBUM REVIEW: The Family Plays Together and Stays Together on 'Delusions of Grandeur'
What does it look like when the family business is music? In the case of The Family — a kind of “supergroup” made up of singer-songwriter Dylan LeBlanc and his father James LeBlanc, stepmother Angela Hacker, and stepbrother Bay Simpson — it’s a little messy. On the band’s first
BONUS TRACKS: Raul Malo's Final Performance, New Music from Buddy Miller, Folk Alley's Cover Contest, and More Roots Music News
Today marks the release of a double LP of The Mavericks' late frontman Raul Malo's final performance. The posthumous new album, BELLA CIAO: RAUL MALO Live In Nashville, was recorded last Father's Day weekend at the 3rd & Lindsley club with his son Dino Malo
ALBUM REVIEW: The Revivalists Explore Difficult Issues Via Catchy Sounds With 'Get It Honest'
With their sixth album, Get It Honest, the New Orleans-based octet The Revivalists continue to mine bluesy, classic, and Southern-rock templates. Produced by Rich Costey — who also helmed their last album, 2023’s Pour It Out into the Night — Get It Honest reiterates the band’s eclectic bent
QUEER COUNTRY: All Aboard the Pride Party Boat: OUTlaw Pride Announces New Record Label
Austin's Julie Nolen is used to building things herself. Hailing from West Texas, Nolen has cultivated a rough-and-tumble country sound, showcased in her 2016 album Songs of Dignity and Grit. Both of these ingredients are needed to keep OUTlaw Pride going — what started as a talent
FOUNDERS KEEPERS: Margo Price Sings Truth to Power, Plus New Music from Luluc, Mason Jennings and More
Here’s a challenge to all Americana artists: Start recording and releasing sociopolitical songs NOW (if you haven’t already). Write new songs if you’re good at that, but if not, there’s plenty out there that could always use a wider airing. As Margo Price recently told Salon
ALBUM REVIEW: Creekbed Carter Hogan Is a Court Jester of the Apocalypse on 'Peasants Revolt'
“I hear it’s warmer than it ought to be / up there at the start of the Mississippi,” Creekbed Carter Hogan sings on “Burn.” “And the evergreens are like candle trees / they’re leaning into the burn.”
The third track on Carter’s new Peasants Revolt starts on a tense