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ALBUM REVIEW: Alice Gerrard Continues Old-Time Trailblazing With Outspoken ‘Sun to Sun’

ALBUM REVIEW: Alice Gerrard Continues Old-Time Trailblazing With Outspoken ‘Sun to Sun’

It’s been eight years since Alice Gerrard’s Grammy-nominated 2015 album Follow the Music, so it’s a treat to have a new project, Sun to Sun, from her. For the past 60 years, songwriter/singer/multi-instrumentalist Gerrard has been passing along and preserving old-time Appalachian and bluegrass music.

ALBUM REVIEW: Across ‘About the Winter,’ Barbaro Weaves Big Messages From Small Details

ALBUM REVIEW: Across ‘About the Winter,’ Barbaro Weaves Big Messages From Small Details

ALBUM REVIEW: Nathan Graham’s Debut Confronts Uncertainty With Courage

ALBUM REVIEW: Nathan Graham’s Debut Confronts Uncertainty With Courage

ALBUM REVIEW: Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed Applies Soul Appeal to a Wide Range of Covers on ‘Hits and Misses’

ALBUM REVIEW: Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed Applies Soul Appeal to a Wide Range of Covers on ‘Hits and Misses’

ALBUM REVIEWS: Chris Shiflett’s ‘Lost at Sea’ Is a Satisfying Soundtrack for the Wayward

ALBUM REVIEWS: Chris Shiflett’s ‘Lost at Sea’ Is a Satisfying Soundtrack for the Wayward

ALBUM REVIEW: Rod Picott Steers Through Darkness on ‘Starlight Tour’

ALBUM REVIEW: Rod Picott Steers Through Darkness on ‘Starlight Tour’

ALBUM REVIEW: The Shindellas Pioneer Joyful New American Soul on ‘Shindo’

ALBUM REVIEW: The Shindellas Pioneer Joyful New American Soul on ‘Shindo’