Amanda Shires has been dealing with her fair share of ghosts. Finally emerging from her divorce from Jason Isbell, along with the loss of both her grandmother and father, Nobody’s Girl looks at the wreckage of the last few years.…
A lot has happened in the past seven years. This is the period between Neko Case’s last album Hell-On and Neon Grey Midnight Green. Not that Case hasn’t been productive in the interim, appearing on two New Pornographers albums, writing the musical score…
Neil Hannon is firmly ensconced as one of the premier songwriters of his generation. His way with words, his wit, and his ability to craft a song about two people in their dotage who, in order to find their inner…
Nothing prepares you for Pentimento by Carson McHone. It diverges from the mainstream more often than not. From the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1840, to the bird song that follows then is repeated on a rickety piano, let…
On 26th August 2019, the world stopped for friends, family, and fans of Denville-born singer-songwriter Neal Casal. However, though he is gone, his legacy lives on through his music. So it is with No One Above You (The Early Years…
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…