ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Lines in the Levee,’ Town Mountain Strives for Songs That Matter
With their latest album, Lines in the Levee, Asheville, North Carolina-based Town Mountain takes time to look back at what they have lived through and to examine the legacy they will leave. The tracks offer glimpses into the tensions between staying home and taking to the road, the temptations just
ALBUM REVIEW: Violet Bell Lets Wild Souls Run Free on ‘Shapeshifter’
There’s a particular question Violet Bell’s Lizzy Ross and Omar Ruiz-Lopez pondered while making their new album, Shapeshifter: “What would it take to recover our wild souls and a sense of being at home in ourselves?” They address this thought-provoking notion through in-depth lyrics that connect the physical
ALBUM REVIEW: A Free and Easy Flow on Courtney Marie Andrews’ ‘Loose Future’
Accepting yourself as you are takes work, and for Courtney Marie Andrews, it meant opening herself up to possibility. It meant writing a song a day, giving in to romance, and all the things that made her uncomfortable. The payoff was more than just a privately held personal one. It
ALBUM REVIEW: Bonny Light Horseman Renews Chemistry on ‘Rolling Golden Holy’
If the self-titled 2020 debut of Bonny Light Horseman (ND interview) seemed like a one-time thing for its singular magic and specialness, the pandemic only reinforced that notion, like it was all just a heavenly mirage. The beloved songs of that first go-round were savored and held close. But the
Country Music Queen Loretta Lynn Dead at Age 90
It hurts like a slap in the face with a coal shovel. Loretta Lynn has left us.
She died in her sleep Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, at age 90, according to a statement from her family.
The coal-dusted queen of country leaves behind a rent in
Ana Egge on Lessons in Poland From a Past That Haunts the Present
In the summer of 2020, I applied for The Common Good Masterclass for Artists hosted by Western States Center in Portland, Oregon. As a singer-songwriter with little experience with this sort of thing, I thought it was a long shot that I would be accepted, so I was very excited