Drew Cooper is instantly identified for numerous qualities—his gritty voice, driven roots-rock, and a bighearted persona that has won him audiences through the southwest. “Coop” finds his home somewhere between southern Arizona and Texas; a Tucson boy laid his hat…
Valorie Miller’s first album in five years is prepped to grace our ears on 6 May. Only the Killer Would Know (Blackbird / Indie AM Gold) is rooted in as harrowing a story as its name might imply, though it’s…
Combining Hannah Peel with Paraorchesta is one of those feats of attraction that cannot be denied, and The Unfolding, the fruits of their labour, is a masterpiece that defies genres. Peel began her career as something of a folk artist, although…
With ‘All the Lives We Ever Lived’, Graeme James delivers a tune as warm and mysterious as the autumnal season. The track is suitably epic, featuring striking layers of vocals and instrumentation. The melody that he pronounces with his violin…
Edie Carey coolly croons on her studio cut of ‘The Chain’, navigating a warm, electric atmosphere pieced together by an exciting full band arrangement. Here, she strips things back, presenting her single more in the way she had written it—in…
We all know the old saying “never judge a book by its cover” but does the same extend to albums? A lot of us play music these days through streaming services and probably don’t pay too much attention to album…