BONUS TRACKS: James Felice's New Solo Album, Dolly Parton Day and More Roots Music News
James Felice (of The Felice Brothers) has announced his sophomore solo album, Homeward Blue, will be released on Nov. 13 via Conor Oberst's Million Stars Records. The follow-up to 2025's The Little Ones was produced by Bright Eyes' Nate Walcott. Felice has dropped the
ALBUM REVIEW: Hermanos Gutiérrez Trace Their Roots on 'Los Ojos Del Cóndor'
There is a quiet, deliberate magic to the way the Gutiérrez brothers craft music. On Los Ojos Del Cóndor, the Ecuadorian-Swiss duo of Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez (Hermanos Gutiérrez) offer another mesmerizing exercise in instrumental storytelling, trading the sun-baked, wide-open canyons of the American West for the
THE READING ROOM: John Krajicek’s ‘Patience for the Ride: The Art and Life of Will Johnson’
Linda Ronstadt once told me that when she records a song, she keeps an art book open on the music stand in front of her. The pages of paintings inspired her in their breadth, illustrating the multi-faceted artistic response to, and interpretation of, the world around us. Those visual
ALBUM REVIEW: Leon Bridges Delivers an Ode to Joy on 'Happiness Anytime'
With his exuberant soul stylings, his upbeat dance rhythms, and his velvety vocals, Leon Bridges dispenses a heart-nourishing dose of joyous soul on his appropriately titled new album Happiness Anytime. Produced by Josh Lloyd-Watson and Lydia Kitto of Jungle, Bridges’ 12-song collection — much of which was written
ALBUM REVIEW: Joy Oladokun Uses the Past to Shape the Future on 'Hope Is a Heavy Thing'
Joy Oladokun has never been more herself than on Hope Is a Heavy Thing. If her enthralling 2024 album OBSERVATIONS FROM A CROWDED ROOM was Oladokun’s purging of Nashville’s music industry stink, Hope is the songwriter’s triumphant statement of what she can accomplish when she can work
A 'Reckoning' Is Beckoning and Mary Gauthier’s Songs Are The Answer
Every single one of us could use some mercy now.
That refrain sung three times to end Mary Gauthier’s most-covered song, “Mercy Now,” is simple, yet, those 10 words say so much. The title-cut from the singer-songwriter’s major-label debut on Lost Highway (after three