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ALBUM REVIEW: Eilen Jewell Drives Forward with ‘Get Behind the Wheel’

ALBUM REVIEW: Eilen Jewell Drives Forward with ‘Get Behind the Wheel’

Whether forging original work, including on her stellar 2006 debut, 2011’s Queen of the Minor Key, and 2015’s Sundown Over Ghost Town, or offering cogent interpretations as with 2010’s Butcher Holler: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn and 2017’s Down Hearted Blues, Eilen Jewell has consistently asserted

ALBUM REVIEW: Observations Shimmer on Mya Byrne’s ‘Rhinestone Tomboy’

ALBUM REVIEW: Observations Shimmer on Mya Byrne’s ‘Rhinestone Tomboy’

ALBUM REVIEW: Tommy Emmanuel and Friends Take Flight on ‘Accomplice Two’

ALBUM REVIEW: Tommy Emmanuel and Friends Take Flight on ‘Accomplice Two’

ALBUM REVIEW: Hope Hangs Around on Josh Ritter’s Atmospheric ‘Spectral Lines’

ALBUM REVIEW: Hope Hangs Around on Josh Ritter’s Atmospheric ‘Spectral Lines’

ALBUM REVIEW: Joy Oladokun Levels Up Her Sound But Stays True to Herself on ‘Proof of Life’

ALBUM REVIEW: Joy Oladokun Levels Up Her Sound But Stays True to Herself on ‘Proof of Life’

ALBUM REVIEW: Songs Shine Brightest on Star-Studded Doc Watson Tribute

ALBUM REVIEW: Songs Shine Brightest on Star-Studded Doc Watson Tribute

ALBUM REVIEW: Del Barber’s Details Make the Songs of ‘Almanac’ Come Alive

ALBUM REVIEW: Del Barber’s Details Make the Songs of ‘Almanac’ Come Alive