Margo Price has clearly spent some time in church. There’s sense of solemnity to the music of ‘Prelude (Hard Headed Woman)’, that takes you back to those early days spent in the pews. Yet, when she sings, “I’m a hard…
Closing off the main chapter of summer is Anna Tivel’s seventh full-length studio album Animal Poem. Produced with Sam Weber, most of the recordings were created in a wonderfully collaborative space with many of Tivel’s closest friends making music together…
Living in Los Angeles can take a lot out of a person. For Eve Adams the city had begun to take a toll. She longed for the open spaces, and the high desert offered the serenity she lacked. As a…
While Marissa Nadler currently lives in Nashville, in many respects the music of New Radiations may feel more comfortable on the English moors or in the early New England countryside. Between the often gauzy, layered vocals and her sometimes shocking…
Rather than entering psycho-analysis Hayes Carll made an album. We’re Only Human spends a lot of time looking at life, trying to find answers. Along the way he came up with 10 songs that speak to the human condition and…
Across centuries and civilisations, the sun has been a symbol of hope, and it is definitely the star of the show in Way to the Sun, the sophomore album by powerhouse duo Minor Gold, comprised of Dan Parsons and Tracy…
Patty Griffin always seems to find a way to carry on. She’s faced her share of hardship, having recovered from breast cancer and then lost her voice due to radiation treatment. As the youngest of seven children, she had a…
Explaining the music of Soft Hearted Scientists one struggles to find the proper words. It’s much like trying to make sense of the pathways that lead from George Washington to Donald Trump. The task is to come to terms with…
Don’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of The Swell Season. It’s been sixteen years since Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová released their second album. Unbelievably, an entire generation may never have heard of the band, their film Once or…
When Allo Darlin’ announced in 2023 they were going to play their first gigs in seven years, having bid what we thought was an emotional farewell at London’s Scala back in 2016, tickets sold out in minutes. The appetite to…