BONUS TRACKS: Songs for Earth Day and More Roots Music News
With Earth Day on Tuesday and Arbor Day today, we thought it prudent to share some roots music in honor of the planet, the trees, and our urgent, global need for environmental protections.
Nashville-based alt-country artists Jobi Riccio (ND review) released a new, one-off single on Earth Day called "
Inside The Entwined Stories of Loose Cattle's LP 'Someone’s Monster’ and Ex-Broadway Show 'Tammy Faye'
In the 1970s and ’80s, Tammy Faye Messner and her ex-husband Jim’s Christian television show, The PTL Club, flourished then flamed out in the white-hot, big bang of TV evangelism. Preachers like Jerry Falwell and Billy Graham proselytized directly into American living rooms though home TV sets and reached
ALBUM REVIEW: Leslie Jordan’s ‘The Agonist’ Tells of a Family’s Lost Soul
After Leslie Jordan’s estranged grandfather died in 1995, her family came into possession of a box of his writings – journals, poetry, and short stories – that was compiled over 30 years of his life. Though the Nashville singer-songwriter barely knew the man who had abandoned his family decades earlier, she
ALBUM REVIEW: The Beauty of Willie Nelson and Rodney Crowell's World of Songs
Any world that includes Willie Nelson singing the songs of Rodney Crowell is a beautiful one, indeed. Nelson’s are still remarkably strong into his ninth decade, and he selects 12 of Crowell’s emotionally resonant songs from the past 50 years — ranging from 1976’s “Banks of the Old
ALBUM REVIEW: At 84, Jim Kweskin Is Still ‘Doing Things Right’
Jim Kweskin plays old stuff. And it never gets old.
Since the singer and guitarist came to prominence with his jug band during the folk boom of the early ‘60s, he has essentially been doing the same thing — mining vintage material, especially early jazz and blues, and filtering it through
ALBUM REVIEW: Southern Avenue Cooks Up a Memphis Soul Stew on ‘Family’
With voices soaring, beats pulsing, and spirits on fire, Southern Avenue’s thrilling Family could initially be mistaken for an old-fashioned gospel record. Between the irresistible grooves and unflagging positivity, it’s impossible not to feel reborn and uplifted after spending time with this dynamic quartet.
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