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ALBUM REVIEW: Lola Kirke's 'Trailblazer' Blends Down Home Country and Rock 'N Roll

ALBUM REVIEW: Lola Kirke's 'Trailblazer' Blends Down Home Country and Rock 'N Roll

This has been a good year for Lola Kirke. In January, she released her memoir Wild West Village (Simon & Schuster), and she appeared in the movie Sinners, which hits IMAX theaters in April. And this week, Kirke released her third full-length album, Trailblazer, a swirling blend of country and

ALBUM REVIEW: Bobby Rush and Kenny Wayne Shepherd Cross Generational Gap on the Lively ‘Young Fashioned Ways’

ALBUM REVIEW: Bobby Rush and Kenny Wayne Shepherd Cross Generational Gap on the Lively ‘Young Fashioned Ways’

ALBUM REVIEW: Kinky Friedman Makes Elegiac Exit With 'Poet of Motel 6'

ALBUM REVIEW: Kinky Friedman Makes Elegiac Exit With 'Poet of Motel 6'

ALBUM REVIEW: David Ramirez finds peace and confidence on 'All the Not So Gentle Reminders', his first record in four years

ALBUM REVIEW: David Ramirez finds peace and confidence on 'All the Not So Gentle Reminders', his first record in four years

ALBUM REVIEW: Kronos Quartet, Mary Kouyoumdjian collaborate on heartbreaking, haunting portrait of surviving conflict

ALBUM REVIEW: Kronos Quartet, Mary Kouyoumdjian collaborate on heartbreaking, haunting portrait of surviving conflict

ALBUM REVIEW: Charley Crockett Returns to His Roots, Embraces Vintage Nashville Sound on ‘Lonesome Drifter’

ALBUM REVIEW: Charley Crockett Returns to His Roots, Embraces Vintage Nashville Sound on ‘Lonesome Drifter’

ALBUM REVIEW: With Piano and Voice, Rose Cousins Makes a Daring Exploration of ‘Conditions of Love’

ALBUM REVIEW: With Piano and Voice, Rose Cousins Makes a Daring Exploration of ‘Conditions of Love’