ALBUM REVIEW: Lola Kirke's 'Lady for Sale' Highlights the Return of Sparkle Country
A new era of sparkle-country is upon us, and Lola Kirke is here to usher it in in a glittery blaze of pedal steel and synth. With a shiny new label (Jack White’s Third Man Records) and an even shinier new sound, Kirke’s sophomore album Lady for
ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘The Blue and The Gold,’ Ndidi O and Trish Klein Honor the Women of Blues Music
“The Blue and the Gold” is a loving tribute to the pioneering women of the blues created by Ndidi O and Trish Klein, two highly respected veterans of the Vancouver, British Columbia, roots music scene.
Ndidi is a Northern British Columbia native of Nigerian extraction whose singing reflects a truly
ALBUM REVIEW: Seratones Find the Right Code on ‘Love & Algorhythms’
In a way, the Shreveport collective known as Seratones have had a similar effect to the chemical they’re nearly named after (serotonin): They brighten one’s disposition, increase arousal, and even heal wounds. With two varied full-length albums (2016’s Get Gone and 2019’s Power), the band’
JOURNAL EXCERPT: Five Festival Veterans Explain the Magic of MerleFest
EDITOR’S NOTE: As MerleFest gets rolling this week in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, we thought we’d share part of this story from our Spring 2022 “General Admission” journal about its history and why it’s so important to the performers who come back year after year. To read the
ALBUM REVIEW: Caroline Spence’s ‘True North’ Points the Way to Finding Peace
It is a rare thing for the world to give us a chance to process our grief, to contemplate how time has marked us and colored our lives. On True North, Caroline Spence explores the impact that grieving can have on a person and a way through, at least in
ALBUM REVIEW: Trombone Shorty Brings the Party Back on ‘Lifted’
Trombone Shorty is a party in progress. A never-ending second-line party parade purveyor, Troy Andrews has had his “Shorty” nickname since the age of 4, making his professional debut onstage at New Orleans' Jazz Fest with Bo Diddley.
In person or on record, Shorty brings the same