‘Pain Puts Us In Our Bodies’: A Music Journalist Investigates How Cancer Changes Musicians’ Lives (And His Own)
Kamara Thomas lives in a comfortable hippie house with guitars lining the walls in an older, wooded Durham neighborhood. She and an affectionate, tiny dog greet me at the door and welcome me inside. Thomas takes mochi from the freezer and leads me out to the picnic table in her
ALBUM REVIEW: Courtney Hartman Assembles Her Village for ‘With You’
That old adage “it takes a village” is, quite literally, what made it possible for Courtney Hartman to make her latest album With You, a soft study of motherhood and all the beautiful and harrowing ways it upends a life. Hartman did what might be the hardest thing a new
ALBUM REVIEW: On Full-Length Debut, ‘You’re No Island,’ Andrew Daly Frank Captures the Beauty of Flux
With his full-length debut, You’re No Island, Andrew Daly Frank offers a moody and transportive set. Carried by Frank’s distinctly supple voice, the album highlights the Pittsburgh, PA-based singer-songwriter’s knack for crafting low-key yet engaging tunes, his mixes shimmering like still-wet watercolors
ALBUM REVIEW: The Sound of Something Wild: Winterpills’ Triumphant Return with 'This is How We Dance'
Despite decades of making music together, Winterpills still feel like a well-kept secret. But if ever a song could capture the attention they so deserve, it’s “Wild,” the opening track off the band’s latest album This is How We Dance. The powerful anthem builds with heavy guitars
NO DEPRESSION SESSIONS at AMERICANAFEST: Jake Owen
We had the unique opportunity on our final day at AMERICANAFEST to record a No Depression Session with Jake Owen at his home, half an hour outside Nashville in Kingston Springs, TN. We made our way down the hill of the beautiful grounds, passed a miniature horse grazing near a
