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Ben Cramer is a man between stages. Given the timing of his third LP, that sounds about right. Cramer’s creative nom de plume is Old Sea Brigade, an outlet he’s used for the last several years to craft an emotive and compelling mix of textured pop/folk compositions

If nothing else, country music is about nostalgia, the sad realization that you can never quite go home again, even if you never leave. On Gabe Lee’s The Hometown Kid, Lee illustrates that you can come from a big city and feel the same way about home as a

In a way, the story of The Great Divide over the last 15-plus years can be summed up in the seminal band’s name. After a stellar run of influential albums carrying the torch for Red Dirt music — that Okie-brand of muscular country — through the ’90s and into

Ever since Gram Parsons came up with the term “cosmic American music” to describe his expansive and countercultural approach to country music, the idea has had a tantalizingly mythic quality to the generations of twang-laden singer-songwriters who followed in his wake. And while for most musicians the appeal

Sweet Tooth, Mali Obomsawin’s solo debut, is rich in history and soaring musicianship. Obomsawin, formerly of Lula Wiles, unleashes their formal jazz training at Dartmouth College in a suite of six songs that are epic and intimate in scope: the political, cultural, and musical journey of their Wabanaki ancestors

In the almost 20 years the members of Trampled by Turtles have played together, they have learned to trust the process, bringing their best to recording sessions while remaining open to the possibilities that unfold. Alpenglow, the band’s 10th album, is an artfully curated listening experience that lives up