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ALBUM REVIEW: Big Guests and Strong Songs Make Darin & Brooke Aldridge’s Latest Worth Talking About

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

ALBUM REVIEW: Barnstar! Reconvenes for a Bluegrass-Flavored Call for Positivity on ‘Furious Kindness’

ALBUM REVIEW: Barnstar! Reconvenes for a Bluegrass-Flavored Call for Positivity on ‘Furious Kindness’

ALBUM REVIEW: Aaron Lee Tasjan Dares Us to Follow His ‘Stellar Evolution’

ALBUM REVIEW: Aaron Lee Tasjan Dares Us to Follow His ‘Stellar Evolution’

ALBUM REVIEW: Lizz Wright Fully Inhabits the Songs of ‘Shadow’

ALBUM REVIEW: Lizz Wright Fully Inhabits the Songs of ‘Shadow’

ALBUM REVIEW: ‘My Black Country’ Reframes the Songs of Alice Randall

ALBUM REVIEW: ‘My Black Country’ Reframes the Songs of Alice Randall

ALBUM REVIEW: Will Hoge Gives Songwriting the Spotlight on ‘Tenderhearted Boys'

ALBUM REVIEW: Will Hoge Gives Songwriting the Spotlight on ‘Tenderhearted Boys'

ALBUM REVIEW: Nicolette and the Nobodies Arrive Via ‘The Long Way’

ALBUM REVIEW: Nicolette and the Nobodies Arrive Via ‘The Long Way’