QUEER COUNTRY: Looks Like We Made It
It's funny how life sneaks up on you. Last Saturday, I stood on a stage in front of 40-ish people, making sure my mic was at the right angle. I didn't exactly see my younger self in the crowd — the stage was in the wrong place
NO DEPRESSION SESSIONS at Lucinda's: Gráinne Duffy
We are proud to present this installment of our No Depression Session series in partnership with NYC honky-tonk Lucinda’s and Hiatus Tequila. When Lucinda Williams teamed up with industry lifers Laura McCarthy and Kelley Swindall to create a Southern country bar in NYC’s East Village with a killer
ALBUM REVIEW: The Montvales Chronicle Hard Lives of Everyday Americans on ‘Path of Totality’
A diary of hard times, Path of Totality chronicles the lives of people nickel and dimed in America today, bucking the odds to get by. On their third album as The Montvales, the Knoxville-bred, Cincinnati-based Molly Rochelson and Sally Buice explore the desperation and determination that inspire quiet resistance in
THE READING ROOM: Joe Bonomo’s ‘Play This Book Loud: Noisy Essays’
When I bought Mountain’s album Climbing! In 1970, I dutifully complied with the instructions on the cover: “This album was meant to played loud!” Maybe I simply wanted to annoy my parents, especially my father, whose distaste for my politics and my music, and my long hair, drove a
ALBUM REVIEW: With ‘Future Soul,’ Tedeschi Trucks Band Range Far and Wide
Over five albums – including their bluesy debut, Revelator (2011), the socio-politically charged Let Me Get By (2016), and their magnum opus, I Am the Moon (2022) – Tedeschi Trucks Band synthesized their eclectic bents and honed their songcraft. With their sixth album, Future Soul, the band continue to integrate broad affinities,
Leah Blevins Dresses for Success on Her Sophomore LP 'All Dressed Up'
The title of Leah Blevins’ new album, All Dressed Up, proverbially insinuates that she’s got nowhere to go. Her artistic growth and the bevy of heavyweight talent in her corner strongly suggest otherwise: Blevins could soon be the belle of the ball.
Blevins describes the LP, out March 20