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If you’re ever consumed by an uncontrollable urge to hear funk landmarks like Cameo’s “Word Up” or Gap Band’s “Party Train,” Electric Cowboy: Born in Carolina Mud might be just the ticket. The fourth album from North Carolina’s Jamil Rashad, who records as Boulevards, this mighty

To duet well is to dance, to step in rhythm in such a way that the two become new and unified; two streams merged into a river, if you will. Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert dance so closely on their new album, The Flowers That Bloom in Spring, their voices

Given his natural propensity toward isolation, Amos Lee has described music as his way to build a bridge to others. On his eighth album, Dreamland, the bridge connects with the listener in vulnerable, meaningful ways as Lee documents battles with anxiety, bouts of despair, and hopes for connection. The title

Back in 1990, The Rave-Ups ended their third album, Chance, with “Faint Sense of Success.” The title just about summed up the band’s career. After generating some initial buzz with 1985’s Town + Country and an appearance in the movie Pretty in Pink, the band was not able to

Mason Jennings’ creative pendulum has found a predictable oscillation in recent years between exploration and homecoming. These are rhythms of departure (Wild Dark Metal, Painted Shield) and arrival (Songs From When We Met), which makes Real Heart, Jennings’ latest album, the expected return to his straightforward acoustic roots. Longtime listeners

Bluegrass artist EmiSunshine, also known as Emilie Sunshine Hamilton, moves in her version of a more pop-oriented direction on Diamonds, a truly solo album made, for the most part, without The Rain, her usual band (which is also her family), and funded via a Kickstarter. It seems a surprising move,