Review: Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway
Rhiannon Giddens’ second solo record, Freedom Highway, could have just as easily have been born as protest songs sung beside a campfire or from the wraparound porch of family farmhouse during the….
Author: Joshua Hammond
Album Review: Tift Merritt – Stitch Of The World
Lock it out and don’t return its calls Swear you don’t know its face at all Throw it in the river, lose it in the storm It’ll show up in….
Album Review: Old Sea Brigade – Old Sea Brigade EP
There is nothing unintentional about the detail of Ben Cramer’s latest venture. Although Old Sea Brigade was recorded in a minimalistic, bare-bones manner, intentionally optioning nothing more than vocals, acoustic….
Album Review: Bird Dog – Misty Shrub
Buried in the background of the first track from Bird Dog’s new EP, Misty Shrub, lies the atmospheric sounds of nature. A river can be heard babbling somewhere in the distance as….
Track by Track Review: Mercyland Vol. 2 – Hymns For The Rest Of Us
A gorgeous anthology of gospel-infused Americana, Mercyland was born when Phil Madeira asked his boss, Emmylou Harris, if she would be interested in being a part of a recording of….