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Trout Steak Revival has nothing to prove, yet everything to show off in their fourth album, Spirit To The Sea, set for release on November 3rd. This Colorado-based quintet displays growth and maturity as they reach great heights in their expression and their harmonies, with a richer and tighter sound than their previous endeavors. The... Continue Reading →
The Infamous Stringdusters, with their marathon touring schedule, have somehow found time to drop their 3rd release this year. Undercover Vol. 2 offers an incredible follow-up to their highly-touted Undercover EP from 2015. The album offers a way for the band to break genre boundaries with covers by an eclectic track listing of artists, young... Continue Reading →
“Let me pull you closer to me, as we waltz ‘round the room,” sings 5j Barrow’s Jason Hite, in the opening verse of “Seagreen Dress,” the first song on their forthcoming EP, The Journey Vol. 1. His beautiful tenor ebbs and flows with the pulsating strums of the accompanying acoustic guitar—and then in an unexpected... Continue Reading →
As an author, painter, and singer-songwriter, Josh Ritter must see life through a creative lens that constantly refocuses reality into art. Starting from a self-described “exciting sense of dissatisfaction,” Ritter desired to expand his style outside of the expectations he, and others, held over his songwriting. Embracing internal unrest as his muse, Ritter puts forth... Continue Reading →
“I had a teacher, she told my mother that she better find me a trade/because boys like me well, we all grow up to be long term guests of the state,” Ron Pope reveals to us in the title track from his upcoming album Work. From that inauspicious childhood memory, Pope was inspired to take... Continue Reading →
Nothing puts things into perspective like a lonely road allowing isolation with one’s thoughts. On his new album, Reaction Time, Jason Wilber takes the fragments from his mind’s eye and melds them into a lyrical testimony of his inner contemplation about his past, his current place in life, and what the future holds. With over... Continue Reading →
Instead of making “lake life” pontoon party-inspired songs about solo cups and pickup trucks in the spirit of redneck escapism, songcrafter Tyler Childers croons of drug addiction and hardship, relevant issues faced on the daily by the folks in his eastern Kentucky home. In the vein of classic country icons like Hank Williams, Sr. and... Continue Reading →
Bluegrass is a relative term these days: is it newgrass, folk, hillbilly, or even country music? The answer is yes…and Yonder Mountain String Band attracts fans of all genres with their progressive grassroots sound. Ever since their debut album, Elevation, they have continued to build upon a fan base that is anchored by the jam... Continue Reading →
On Steve Earle’s new release, So You Wannabe An Outlaw, the stylized view of being an outlaw is given a much-needed return to reality. In the current country music genre, the term “outlaw” has become vernacular better lending itself to fashion sense over substance. Earle does a fine job on this album bringing the listener... Continue Reading →
With their swampy riffs and mud-covered rock n’ roll, the North Mississippi Allstars have always honored the past while keeping an eye on the future. That tradition continues with their forthcoming album, Prayer For Peace, a collection of Allstars originals as well as reinterpretations of works by legendary artists that have influenced the band. Anchored... Continue Reading →