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ALBUM REVIEW: Maria Taylor Juggles Hope and Despair on ‘Story’s End’

ALBUM REVIEW: Maria Taylor Juggles Hope and Despair on ‘Story’s End’

Despair and hope do battle on Story’s End, the first solo album in seven years from Maria Taylor. This spellbinding collection of moody vignettes spotlights hearts in their darkest moments, finding enough strength in these difficult episodes to carry on and even thrive. Like the most anguished blues songs,

ALBUM REVIEW: Big Harp Lives with ‘Runs to Blue’

ALBUM REVIEW: Big Harp Lives with ‘Runs to Blue’

ALBUM REVIEW: Flatland Calvary Display Breadth of Signature Style on ‘Work of Heart’

ALBUM REVIEW: Flatland Calvary Display Breadth of Signature Style on ‘Work of Heart’

ALBUM REVIEW: Andy Hedges Sings Cowboy Songs for Now on ‘The Westerner’

ALBUM REVIEW: Andy Hedges Sings Cowboy Songs for Now on ‘The Westerner’

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Hurts Like Hell,’ Charlotte Cornfield Lets It All In

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Hurts Like Hell,’ Charlotte Cornfield Lets It All In

ALBUM REVIEW: Jim Lauderdale Returns As the King of Broken Hearts on ‘Country Super Hits, Volume 2’

ALBUM REVIEW: Jim Lauderdale Returns As the King of Broken Hearts on ‘Country Super Hits, Volume 2’

ALBUM REVIEW: Drayton Farley Wrestles with Big Feelings, Offers Even Bigger Sound on ‘A Heavy Duty Heart’

ALBUM REVIEW: Drayton Farley Wrestles with Big Feelings, Offers Even Bigger Sound on ‘A Heavy Duty Heart’