ALBUM REVIEW: Alexa Rose’s Atmospheric Hope After Helene
There is something about having your home entirely upended that makes you homesick for just about any place you go. Seeing the routines, people going about their lives, the mundanity, could all feel especially romantic when all that you’ve counted on to be consistent goes away. “I’ll fall
THROUGH THE LENS: Joan Baez, Tony Rice, Nick Drake, and Other Recent Audiophile Roots Music Releases
FRESH TRACK: Rachael Sage & The Sequins - "Live It Up"
Rachael Sage & The Sequins’ Live It Up is just the summery, upbeat piano-pop romp the world needs in these chaotic and altogether unpredictable times. With lyrics that playfully divert listeners from news cycle overwhelm toward equality and understanding, this joyful, dynamic track showcases Sage’s signature keyboard chops along
BONUS TRACKS: Wilco and Billy Bragg to Play 'Mermaid Avenue' Live and More Roots Music News
When Chicago's roots-rock band Wilco and England's protest-folk singer-songwriter Billy Bragg first teamed up to add music to unfinished Woody Guthrie lyrics, the impact reached far beyond the roots music niche. The 1998 album, Mermaid Avenue, was a smash, having been certified Gold in Australia and
NO DEPRESSION SESSIONS at Lucinda's: Margaret Glaspy
We are absolutely thrilled to kick off a new No Depression Session series in partnership with NYC honky-tonk Lucinda’s and Hiatus Tequila. When Lucinda Williams teamed up with industry lifers Laura McCarthy and Kelley Swindall to create a Southern country bar in NYC’s East Village with a killer
In the Deep End with Brennen Leigh
“Everything’s bigger in Texas / that includes heartache, too,” country singer/songwriter Brennen Leigh sings on “Alone In The Lone Star,” off her latest album. Leigh, who’s a meticulous explorer of country music subgenre ought to know, after all. Her hefty catalogue and trove of personal knowledge encompass not