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ALBUM REVIEW: The Shootouts' Switchback' is as Precise and Electric as Ever

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

ALBUM REVIEW: Taj Mahal and Keb Mo's 'Room On The Porch' is Food for the Soul

ALBUM REVIEW: Taj Mahal and Keb Mo's 'Room On The Porch' is Food for the Soul

ALBUM REVIEW: The SteelDrivers’ 'Outrun' Serves Up Murder and Mayhem

ALBUM REVIEW: The SteelDrivers’ 'Outrun' Serves Up Murder and Mayhem

ALBUM REVIEW: Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, and Antonio Sánchez’s ‘BEATrio’ Is An Unlikely, Yet Natural Collaboration

ALBUM REVIEW: Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, and Antonio Sánchez’s ‘BEATrio’ Is An Unlikely, Yet Natural Collaboration

ALBUM REVIEW: Charlie Musselwhite is Strong as Ever on 'Look Out Highway'

ALBUM REVIEW: Charlie Musselwhite is Strong as Ever on 'Look Out Highway'

ALBUM REVIEW: Carolyn Wonderland Gracefully Shoulders the Weight of the World on ‘Truth Is’

ALBUM REVIEW: Carolyn Wonderland Gracefully Shoulders the Weight of the World on ‘Truth Is’

ALBUM REVIEW: Little Feat ‘Strike Up The Band’ Excellently

ALBUM REVIEW: Little Feat ‘Strike Up The Band’ Excellently