Review: ‘Sticking With It’, The Dip
The idea of an R&B/soul revival confounds: How did the old religion of frenetic stompers and greasy workouts– perhaps America’s greatest musical export– find…
Reviews
Review: ‘Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson’
I’ve always loved tribute albums, the monster ensembles that stretch an artist’s influential footprint but deliver fresh worlds of interpretation and even introduce me…
Review: ‘Everywhere I Used To Be’, Mariel Buckley
Think small towns, and John Cougar’s anthem by the same name inevitably comes to mind. Or perhaps Joni Mitchell’s “Morning Morgantown” or The Michael…
Review: ‘Teddy and the Rough Riders’
These days, with the world on fire, Teddy and The Rough Riders serve as essential workers, their latest LP– their first studio album– a…
Required Listening: ‘When the Roses Bloom Again’, Laura Cantrell
From 1999 to 2003, New Yorker-via-Nashville Laura Cantrell hosted WFMU’s The Radio Thrift Shop¸ spinning old-time music and obscuro country for NYC hipsters and…
Back To School Mixtape ’22
Ring, ring goes the bell… You know how it goes– or maybe you’ve forgotten? Refresh your memory and remember, you were young and it…
Review: ‘Roscoe’s Dream’, Mapache
Last year when I interviewed Curation Records label head Brent Rademaker (Beachwood Sparks, GospelbeacH), he more than once namedropped Mapache as one of the…
Five On The Fourth: A Playlist of Independence
Despite what you hear over the supermarket loudspeakers, there’s more to the Fourth of July than Lee Greenwood. Don’t give up! Instead, celebrate with…
Required Listening: Requiem For An Almost Lady
While Lee Hazlewood’s name often makes the list of pop’s most criminally unknown figures, many listeners are already unknowingly acquainted with his handiwork. Thanks…