The tale of Tucker Zimmerman is one of those stories no one would believe if it was made up. From dodging the draft back in 1970, to taking residence in Belgium after being kicked out of England, his tale is…
There’s something old fashioned about Alela Diane’s new album, Who’s Keeping Time. The music feels quite timeless, 11 songs existing in their own world. A world where musicians sit in a circle, face to face, playing at the same time.…
More than merely a name, Marisa Anderson’s The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music Vol. 1, is an attempt to transform the musical and political landscape. Granted access to recordings from the private record collection of renowned musicologist Harry Smith, Anderson focused…
“Where do you run when your life’s on the line?” Amidst pizzicato strings Angelo De Augustine asks a question that cuts to the heart of Angel in Plainclothes. While finishing up Toil and Trouble in 2022, De Augustine wasn’t sure…
With their seventh studio album, Lost Cause Lover Fool, indie-folk darlings and four-time Grammy-nominated band The Milk Carton Kids have produced one of their most reflective works to date: a tender, poignant, nostalgic album that captures the spirit of how…
It’s going to take longer to write this review than it took Todd Albright to record and mix Blues for Dexter Linwood. Having played the songs live for a number of years, he went into a studio and laid down…
Juni Habel exists in a space rife with contradictions. The world is quite often overpowering, yet her music is, at its heart, delicate and effortless. As Habel explains, “We always aim to capture effortlessness, but the way of getting there…
It’s taken Joe Pernice thirty years to release his first solo album, Sunny, I Was Wrong. Along the way he’s recorded with the Scud Mountain Boys, Pernice Brothers, Chappaquiddick Skyline, The New Mendicants and Roger Lion. None of which are…
Life sneaks up on you, and it has a tendency to hurt like hell. Yet amid the pain there are moments of unrelenting beauty, where you connect with another person and everything seems just right. Charlotte Cornfield’s sixth collection, Hurts…
Understanding the geography of the heart is no easy task. Mapping the peaks and valleys requires a skill and honesty that can leave writers grasping at straws. Which makes the case of Flutes & Low more remarkable. Lay Fallow captures…