FRESH TRACK: Keturah – 'All the Way From Africa'
From the warm heart of Malawi, Africa, rises Keturah, a 26-year-old virtuoso arriving to the world stage with her self-titled debut. A 10-track odyssey chronicling Keturah’s journey from the tiny remote home village of Monza to the shores of Venice, California, Keturah updates traditional Malawian
In the Deep End With Zoe & Cloyd
With their duo Zoe & Cloyd, John Cloyd Miller and Natalya Zoe Weinstein have always drawn deeply from the musical traditions they grew up in — bluegrass and old-time for both, with a dash of klezmer and jazz thrown in from Weinstein.
With their new album, Songs of Our Grandfathers,
ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Deathbed Confessions,’ Hannah Rose Platt’s Ghost Stories Chill and Delight
Singer-songwriters who explore the darker, grittier side of life are few and far between these days, but no less vital than they ever were. You can go as far back as Woody Guthrie and beyond to find striking examples of musicians digging diamonds out of the dirt, and when
BONUS TRACKS: AM Radio’s Fading Signal, Blues Music Awards, and More
I gasped when I saw the headline about carmakers starting to phase out radios that can receive AM signals, but I don’t know why. I listen to plenty of FM radio in my car, as well as the occasional Spotify stream, but I can’t remember the last time
ALBUM REVIEW: Live and Kicking, The Rumble Captures Sounds and Sights of Mardi Gras
In February of last year, seven members of the Grammy-nominated Mardi Gras Indian funk band Cha Wa strutted away to pursue a second line in another direction. Citing “irreconcilable internal differences," the new aggregation, headed by former Cha Wa lead singer Joseph Boudreaux Jr., calls itself The Rumble.
ALBUM REVIEW: Songwriter Layng Martine Jr. Steps Into the Spotlight
Although this is Layng Martine Jr.’s debut album, he’s no stranger to the country music scene. The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer’s songs have been recorded by Reba McEntire (“The Greatest Man I Never Knew”), Elvis (“Way Down”), and Trisha Yearwood (“I Wanna Go Too Far”), among