ALBUM REVIEW: Slow Accordion Improvises an Infectious Self-Titled Debut
Let’s get this right out of the way: Despite what the name implies, no accordions were harmed, or even used, in the making of Slow Accordion’s eponymous debut.
What is present on this record is an intoxicating, purely improvised conversation between four seasoned players operating on pure instinct.
ALBUM REVIEW: Neon Moons Make Their Honky-Tonk Debut With 'Day Late & a Dollar Short'
It is hard to argue with a band of migrant country musicians who hail from both blue and red states. Neon Moons have made their mark in New York’s Hudson Valley with a well-crafted recreation of honky-tonk country music that is distinctly '90s-style. While they
FRESH TRACK: Andrew Sa - "Lavender Cowboy"
“Whether chronicling desire or heartache, [Andrew] Sa serenades like K.D. Lang, pines with the panache of Rufus Wainwright, and trills a falsetto that would make Roy Orbison proud.” — Chicago Magazine
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THROUGH THE LENS: From Australia to Pennsylvania, Five Festivals Offered a Variety of Ways to Explore Roots Music
This week’s column presents five roots music fests that, for a variety of reasons, slipped through the cracks during past few months. Together, they represent the many different aspects of roots music, from their line-ups to their respective locales.
In chronological order those festivals are: 1) Blue Mountains
ALBUM REVIEW: Aaron Lee Tasjan Celebrates the Outsiders and Also-Rans on 'Get Over It, Underdog'
Aaron Lee Tasjan makes horny, queer cosmic American music that treats The Beatles as a core roots band. His most upbeat songs — like “Lost & Alone” on his new release, Get Over It, Underdog — hit with the soaring sheen of a smarter, more jaded Full Moon Fever-era Tom Petty.
BONUS TRACKS: New Music From Alabama Shakes, Mary Gauthier, Rhiannon Giddens, A Dolly Parton Musical, and More Roots Music News
Bonus Tracks is back with a double dose of roots music news after taking last Friday off for America's 250th birthday. (Through The Lens columnist Amos Perrine's column about roots music in America is required reading on that topic.)
After more than a decade, roots-rock-