Bonus Tracks: A Curtain Call for ‘Around The Horn’ and Tribute to “All Your Favorite Bands”
After 23 years and 4,953 episodes — more than either The Oprah Winfrey Show or The Late Show With David Letterman — my favorite sports show went off the air last Friday. I’ve long said that music and sports share a lot of commonalities, and watching the last episode of
ALBUM REVIEW: Anderson East's 'Worthy' Proves He's Still Worthy
In the four years since his last album—Maybe We Never Die (2021)—Anderson East has been busy doing what he does best: writing soulful songs that cut deep through the emotional layers of life and delivering them in his close-to-the-heart vocals. On his new album, Worthy,
ALBUM REVIEW: Reed Turchi Offers a Fresh Take on the Blues with ‘World on Fire’
Ask ten people to define the blues, and you’ll get ten different answers. Ask Reed Turchi to define the blues and you’ll also get ten different answers. During a recording career spanning more than a dozen years, the North Carolina-bred singer and guitarist has taken a wide
Farewell For Now: Inside Mipso’s "Indefinite Break"
For Mipso guitarist and singer Joseph Terrell, the first sign that something was wrong was when he kept forgetting the words to “Louise,” one of the folk-pop quartet’s biggest songs.
“There was something that would happen onstage where I couldn't put the verses together in my
NO DEPRESSION SESSIONS AT MerleFest: The Dead South
No Depression set up the "studio" at the 37th annual MerleFest for a dozen sessions with legends and legends-in-the-making. The festival was founded in 1988 in memory of Doc Watson’s son Merle, and features “traditional plus” music, meaning a broad range of styles from
ALBUM REVIEW: The Shootouts' Switchback' is as Precise and Electric as Ever
The Shootouts are as electric as ever on their latest album, Switchback. The title track is an instrumental interlude breaking up the band’s most confident album yet. The rollicking guitars and buoyant trad country rhythm section take us back to matinee Westerns. While the band has always cultivated a