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Samara Jade weaves a tapestry of ethereal, jazz-tinged Americana, grounding medicine for these wild and shifting times where every day seems like Halloween. Originally from the Hudson Valley, Jade moved … Read more
Kind, stubborn, smart, talented, eight-fingered, much-married, Christian, loyal, no-bullshit Billy Joe Shaver embodied the country outlaw persona—and why not? He helped define the “outlaw” man, and outlaw music. Shaver wrote … Read more
More than a triple threat, singer/writer/pianist Jarrod Lawson also delivers on-point social commentary mixed in with his love songs and reminiscences. Reinvigorating the soul/jazz genre, Lawson swings, scats and—above all—grooves, … Read more
It’s always a true pleasure to catch a new, fresh release featuring US roots master Dirk Powell. Never a slouch or a single-genre sort of guy, Powell is invariably interesting, … Read more
The aptly-named Starlight and Tall Tales, Bart Ryan’s most intimate album to date, is a collection of “stories told over a bottle of wine under the stars,” as Ryan described … Read more
The past has come back to haunt Leon Russell’s celebrated Paradise Studio, once a fertile creative playground for Russell and friends like Bob Seger and Freddie King, that stood silent … Read more
If your idea of a good time is sitting around the shanty and playing music with friends, the New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers are for you. The shanty in … Read more
If only this interminable pause the world has been subjected to since March were really a spring break. Rather than falling into despair, many artists have turned inward, using the … Read more
Soaring progressive-rock grandeur meets deeply soulful Southern rock at the crossroads of Delta Tales, where Sun King Rising’s John Blangero—a world renowned genetic scientist—is waiting under an inviting big tent. … Read more
Good luck getting Brian Lisik to ever go completely unplugged. The temptation to turn the power back on is too hard to resist for the Ohio roots-rocker on the irreverently … Read more
