Cast Iron Mystic: Adeem the Artist’s ‘White Trash Revelry’
It’s Election Day morning when Adeem Maria calls from Knoxville. I don’t consider the timing a coincidence but rather consequential, and like my civic…
Interviews
The Beauty of Promise: Amy Ray on ‘If It All Goes South’
When I tell Danny Beard at Wax n Facts that I’m going to talk to Amy Ray in an hour, he smiles and says,…
The Caitlin Rose Filter
Caitlin Rose’s personal Spotify playlists inspire even the most seasoned music devotees to update their record store wish lists, but her knack for eclectic…
Better All My Days: Jess Williamson Talks Plains, Teases New Solo Effort
I Walk With You A Ways, the debut album from super duo Plains, is country because it can be, pop enough to meet the…
Michelle Malone Talks ‘1977’ & Dodging Pianos
By her own admission, Michelle Malone is a chameleon– a blues beltin’ Georgia guitarslinger who can turn on a dime to become a cool…
‘Sometimes your mind is a tough place to be’: Emily Nenni Talks ‘On The Ranch’, Work Ethic & Fall Records
Self-help types argue that you’re the sum of the five people you hang out with the most. If that’s true, Emily Nenni is making…
Weirdly Thankful: Early James on ‘Strange Time’ and the Hammer of Religion
Strange Time To Be Alive casts Early James as the consummate anti-hero, black-hatted, gold-hearted, and confronting a rogue’s gallery of intimacy and infernal comedy…
Future Forward: Jay Van Raalte & The Spectrum to Play Grant’s Lounge on 10/21
Guitarslinger Jay Van Raalte comes complete right out of the box, a melody-savvy veteran performer and studio ace at twenty-three with highlight reels of…
Lightning Underground: Sterling Waite Talks New Reedy River String Band EP
From the very start of Reedy River String Band’s self-titled EP, the Greenville, South Carolina Newgrass outfit presents a deeply sincere and at times…