THROUGH THE LENS: Signature Sounds Recordings Is a Village for Roots Music Artists
Record labels are more than an outlet for music, they are a philosophy of life. Sometimes narrow, sometimes wide. As evidenced by the logo on its website, Signature Sounds Recordings falls in the latter category: “Record Label - Live Music - Artistic Development: Folk, Americana, Roots, Singer-Songwriter, Rock, Indie.” Yet
Loyal Friends Fuel Fiddler Mike Barnett’s Duets Album and Recovery from Brain Aneurysm
The road to release for +1, the new album of duets out today from fiddle virtuoso and songwriter Mike Barnett, was longer than anyone could have imagined.
The songs on +1, first slated for release last September, were recorded over several years, when demanding tour and recording schedules would allow
Morgan Wade’s ‘Reckless’ Brings New Voice and Vitality to Outlaw Country
With Morgan Wade’s debut, Reckless, we may be seeing a pivot in outlaw country. Ten years after the debut of Toby Keith’s “Red Solo Cup,” men singing rollicking tunes about women, weed, and wine on the radio are hardly transgressive. On Reckless, produced by Sadler Vaden and Paul
Daniel Lanois Merges Production Skills and Aesthetics on Uplifting ‘Heavy Sun'
Best known for his seminal production work with such artists as Brian Eno, U2, Bob Dylan, Sinéad O’Connor, and Emmylou Harris, as well as his film score for 1996’s Sling Blade, Daniel Lanois has also explored a variety of musical approaches over the course of numerous solo and
THE READING ROOM: Jacksonville’s Turn in the Southern Rock Spotlight
A few years ago, musician Marty Jourard, a Gainesville, Florida, native, made the case in Music Everywhere: The Rock and Roll Roots of a Southern Town (ND review) that Gainesville was the crossroads of rock and roll. In the mid- and late ’60s, a number of musicians, some of them
On David Olney and Anana Kaye's ‘Whispers and Sighs,’ Optimism Finds a Quiet Way In
Hours before David Olney passed away onstage in January 2020, he listened for the first time to the final mix of Whispers and Sighs, his forthcoming album with emerging artist Anana Kaye. His response? “Fuck, yeah! This is good!” That night, he would take the stage, stop midsong, say, “I’