ALBUM REVIEW: Humbird's Astute, Bite-Sized 'Astrovan: The Love Song Vignettes'
A famous bard once asked, “What is love?” and Humbird seeks to answer that on her quirky EP Astrovan: The Love Song Vignettes. Clocking in at just about 15 minutes, one would think these 10 songs might be a one-off exercise, but Humbird is too astute an observer for that.
ALBUM REVIEW: Early James Reboots His Music on the Riveting ‘Medium Raw’
Growling, yelping, and shouting with unnerving fervor, Frederick James Mullis, Jr. brings a rogue’s gallery of characters to life on the riveting Medium Raw. The Alabama native, who records as Early James, echoes the boisterous folk mavericks of long ago with his flashy performance, railing at the corrupt world
THROUGH THE LENS: 2024 In Review — The Best of Everything
While most year-end reviews are published in December, I like to spend the holidays reminiscing about the year that’s coming to a close. Only then, with music floating around the room, mingling with family and friends does is it seem that my thoughts are able to congeal and I
No Depression Sessions at AMERICANAFEST 2024: Amy Helm
Songwriter, performer, and torchbearer for the Helm Family Midnight Ramble, Amy Helm,
joined us at Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge for her No Depression Session at AMERICANAFEST '24, to share four songs from her latest record, Silver City. Setlist: "Baby Come Back" / "Money On 7&
With Cherokee Country Songs Agalisiga 'Chuj' Mackey is Reviving Language and Culture
EDITOR’S NOTE: Agalisiga’s Nasgino Inage Nidayulenvi (It Started in the Woods) was released on Oct. 18 on Horton Records. We’re featuring it now as part of a year-end round up of some of the best albums we missed along the way this year.
Singer/songwriter Agalisiga Mackey,
ALBUM REVIEW: 'Ooh Yeah!' Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne's Latest is Boogie-Woogie Good
EDITOR'S NOTE: Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne’s Ooh Yeah! was released on Nov. 15 on Stony Plain Records. We’re reviewing it now as part of a year-end round up of some of the best albums we missed along the way this year.
Kenny Wayne bills himself as