Camela Widad – Warriors of Love
Recently, I have been afforded a multitude of refreshing female vocalists to listen to and with the album "Warriors of Love," I discovered a voice with clear resonance and deep roots-oriented discipline. The moment I sat back and started to wade through this ten track collection I
Brandi Carlile: More to the Story
Most singers blessed with robust voices these days are content to fly their melodies as high and wide as possible, forsaking the song for the histrionics and allowing auto-tune to do the rest, with no real craft to be found anywhere in the process. But, for Brandi Carlile, voice
Ryan Bingham Returns with 'Fear and Saturday Night'
So often, you get a tune stuck in your head, which could be a good or bad thing. “I’ve been carryin’ my trouble / I’m this pack strapped to my shoulder." Out of nowhere, you begin to hum it or sing a line wondering at first where or
Rhiannon Giddens: Her Turn
Our story begins in Ohio, at Oberlin College. A busy college conservatory hallway, where deep-thinking coeds bustle past, discussing music theory and other heady ideas. In walks a young woman from Greensboro, NC, named Rhiannon Giddens – tall and dark-skinned, high cheekbones, a playful, thoughtful look in her eye,
Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys Come Into Their Own
Lindsay Lou and Joshua Rilko, the husband-and-wife core of Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys, were backpacking Central America's so-called Gringo Highway when they met a man who had the secret to love.
"He told Josh there were three steps to take," Lindsay Lou
Pat McGee Gets an Assist from Old friends, and the United States Navy
My relationship with Pat McGee’s music started in the mid-nineties, and came about as a result of my children. Back then my three oldest were in high school all at the same time. They were raised to appreciate great music having been fed a steady diet of Dylan,