ALBUM REVIEW: The Brother Brothers Pack Playful and Powerful into ‘The January Album’
The January Album, the fourth record from Adam and David Moss, those twin sons of Peoria, Illinois, known musically as The Brother Brothers, is a COVID-era record in the strictest sense: The Mosses wrote most of its 12 tracks during the first few months of lockdown in the US. But
12 Roots Music Releases for Your Record Store Day 2024 Shopping List
Now in its 17th year, Record Store Day shines a needed spotlight on independent record stores, those beacons of cool that have shaped the musical tastes of many a fan and many an artist, too.
This Record Store Day — Saturday, April 20 — offers 387 albums either exclusive to the occasion
ALBUM REVIEW: Big Guests and Strong Songs Make Darin & Brooke Aldridge’s Latest Worth Talking About
Darin and Brooke Aldridge make beautiful music together. On their new album, Talk of the Town, the first couple of bluegrass — he’s a first-class mandolinist and guitarist, and she’s a four-time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year — build on their solid foundations and travel down country roads, adding
CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Sawyer Fredericks, Kaia Kater, and The Franklin County Trucking Company
When I'm looking for crowdfunding campaigns to feature, I primarily hit up three places: Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and Bandcamp. Occasionally you'll find an artist doing a private crowdfunding campaign or I'll feature an artist's Patreon, but the majority of crowdfunding and preorder campaigns
No Depression Sessions at Folk Alliance International 2024: Willi Carlisle
Watch multi-instrumentalist folk singer Willi Carlisle light up the AEA Ribbon Mics room at the Westin Crown Center in Kansas City during his No Depression Session at Folk Alliance International 2024, performing three songs from his current album, Critterland, (ND review).
Up first is “The Great Depression,” a song that
ALBUM REVIEW: Barnstar! Reconvenes for a Bluegrass-Flavored Call for Positivity on ‘Furious Kindness’
Furious Kindness is the first album in nine years from Barnstar!, the quintet who have proudly claimed in their promotional materials that they "make bluegrass for people who hate bluegrass." Their unique approach to the genre, focusing more on the song than on instrumental soloing, is sure to