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ALBUM REVIEW: Twelve Years Later, Mindy Smith Is Back in the Best Way

ALBUM REVIEW: Twelve Years Later, Mindy Smith Is Back in the Best Way

When Long-Island-native-turned-Nashville-resident Mindy Smith first arrived on the music scene in the early 2000s, it was a moment of possibility in the Americana world. The buzzy hype of late 1990s alt-country had swelled over and made inroads across indie, rock, and country commercial spaces. It wasn’t hard to imagine

ALBUM REVIEW: Thee Sacred Souls Are Back with a Funky New 'Story'

ALBUM REVIEW: Thee Sacred Souls Are Back with a Funky New 'Story'

ALBUM REVIEW: Julian Taylor Stares into the Abyss on Haunting New ‘Pathways’

ALBUM REVIEW: Julian Taylor Stares into the Abyss on Haunting New ‘Pathways’

ALBUM REVIEW: Billy Strings Takes Us Down a Long Highway

ALBUM REVIEW: Billy Strings Takes Us Down a Long Highway

ALBUM REVIEW: On 'symbiont,' Blount and Obomsawin Remix the Ancestors

ALBUM REVIEW: On 'symbiont,' Blount and Obomsawin Remix the Ancestors

ALBUM REVIEW: Randall Bramblett's Latest Weaves a Musical Tapestry

ALBUM REVIEW: Randall Bramblett's Latest Weaves a Musical Tapestry

ALBUM REVIEW: Simo and Dickinson Bring in the Whomp and Stomp

ALBUM REVIEW: Simo and Dickinson Bring in the Whomp and Stomp