Unexpected Heartbreak Fuels David Ramirez’s Powerful ‘My Love Is a Hurricane’
“August of ‘83 / Alicia came to wreck my city,”
David Ramirez
sings on My Love Is a Hurricane’s title track. “Six days before I was born / I’d like to think that was some kind of warning.”
As the fourth of 10 songs, “My Love is a Hurricane” hits
Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings Release Home-Recorded Covers Album
At a time when we can’t go out and do the things we love, music provides some comfort at home, taking us places and uniting us with people if only in our minds. Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings have been traveling all sorts of backroads while staying home in
Steve Earle - 'John Henry Was a Steel Drivin' Man'
Ghosts of West Virginia centers on the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion that killed 29 men in that state in 2010, making it one of the worst mining disasters in American history. When asked about what drove him to craft his deeply evocative new album, Steve Earle says, “I
Joshua Ray Walker Outshines Expectations with 'Glad You Made It'
In 2019, Joshua Ray Walker opened his debut album with the haunting "Canyon," a track that brought him admiration from fellow musicians like Colter Wall and American Aquarium's BJ Barham, and one that set him apart from his younger peers as a songwriting wunderkind of sorts.
ROOTS IN THE ARCHIVE: The Arlo Guthrie Birth Announcement
Arlo Guthrie is a beloved elder of Americana, known for such whimsical stories and songs as “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” and “The Motorcycle Song,” as well as many social justice songs, not to mention an iconic cover of “City of New Orleans.” He’s the father of Sarah Lee, Annie,
THE LONG HAUL: Passing the Mic, Part 1
This month, I’ve been working on learning and unlearning, and trying to be a better ally in the fight for racial justice. Somewhere in that process, it came to my attention that my voice is not the one that needs to be heard on this platform at this moment.