Sunday Sermon: This Ain’t Yo Mama’s Gospel
Well, the Rapture didn’t happen yesterday, but that don’t mean the Lord ain’t comin back one day. So, if you can’t make it to Church on Sundays, come here for your Jesus fix in a […]
Well, the Rapture didn’t happen yesterday, but that don’t mean the Lord ain’t comin back one day. So, if you can’t make it to Church on Sundays, come here for your Jesus fix in a […]
The Felice Brothers are self-taught. From upstate New York, they moved to Brooklyn and began playing at the 42nd street subway station. They would eventually go on to play festivals all over the country and […]
I was waiting all day for Jesus to arrive, but it didn’t happen. Strand of Oaks looks enough like him to suffice for now. The apocalyptically appropriate, “End in Flames” from the album Leave Ruin
Finally! Something different! The Low Anthem started out playing homemade instruments in a church basement. Smart Flesh is their first studio project. Yet, it was recorded in an abandoned factory. Go figure. This is a […]
Chris Tileman is one hell of a mandolin player. I’ll give him that. Produced by the amazingly talented, Jon Brion (I Heart Huckabees), the Punch Brother’s latest, Antifogmatic is Quasi-meets-bluegrass. It makes for an interesting […]
Every Friday I will bring you a very dated track in a section called “Flashback Fridays.” The 80s weren’t a good time for anyone. But, buried in the rough of cheesy over-production, we often find […]
I like the sound of this band. I do. John Paul White and Joy Williams offer up pleasant folk harmonies, minimal production, acoustic guitar centered roots music. They’re on to something, they just haven’t gotten […]
The Hagg tells it like it is with his latest album, I Am What I Am. Arguably the greatest country singer/songwriter of all time, there just ain’t no one like him. I am What I […]
With the release of their third album, Death of a Decade, Missouri based indie band, HA HA Tonka are a little bit C86, a little bit country. Their sound is a blend of jangly Smiths-esque […]
On his latest release, Rare Bird Alert, Martin has teamed up with former North Carolina pickin’ buddies, The Steep Canyon Rangers to give us yet another kickass bluegrass album. Not only is it a fine […]
Alison Krauss – I respect you? But I don’t want to listen to you. I want to like this album. I really do. Because it’s the only album high up the country charts with any […]
How many aged musicians put out shit that’s as good as what they did in their heyday? When legends like Brian Wilson, Paul McCartney or Bob Dylan release a new record, there isn’t much to […]