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Albums worth your time
Villain Era
India Ramey
India Ramey has been quietly building a catalogue to be proud of, & her newest release, Villain Era, is no exception. From the opening track, Ramey & her band march through the record with a ferocity that signals…
I’m People
Hiss Golden Messenger
Sometimes you hit play and you know you’ve landed on exactly what you needed. That’s the feeling I got with Hiss Golden Messenger’s latest release – I’m People, the first on Chrysalis Records. The record plays with a…
No Tomorrow
The Builders and The Butchers
For more than two decades, The Builders and The Butchers have carried a kind of beautifully worn-in urgency – music that feels stitched together from late nights, long roads, and an unshakable need to connect. At the center…
STREETSWEEPER
John Andrews & The Yawns
John Andrews & The Yawns.. aptly named and comfortably unhurried; return with STREETSWEEPER. From beginning to end Andrews and company lean into a casual and comfortable nest – delivering a collection of infectious licks, warm melodies, and finely…
All Dressed Up
Leah Blevins
Leah Blevins finally delivers her long-anticipated sophomore album All Dressed Up – arriving five years after her debut. Raised in the hills of eastern Kentucky, Blevins carries that Appalachian spirit with her, but here it’s refracted through something…
Mud Blood Bone
Cat Clyde
Cat Clyde returns with her fourth record, Mud Blood Bone, released March 13 on Concord Records – and it feels like both a departure and a homecoming. Rooted in the early influence of Robert Johnson and Lead Belly,…
Its Shape Will Reveal Itself
Jeremy Ivey
Jeremy Ivey knows he has a platform and he’s willing to use it on Its Shape Will Reveal Itself, its gentle and human – less sermon, more conversational. The songs don’t shout, they lean in. They speak to…
Havin’ A Talk
Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence
If country music had a stage play, Havin’ A Talk would be its most delightful act. Melissa Carper and Theo Lawrence might seem an unlikely pairing on paper – a twang-soaked farm girl from the Ozark Mountains beside…
What A Time To Be Alive
The Lone Bellow
The Lone Bellow are set to release their sixth album, What a Time to Be Alive, this Friday, February 13. Recorded in Muscle Shoals and written and tracked collaboratively for the first time with the band’s full touring…
Across The Raccoon Straight
Meels
Mill Valley, CA native Amelia Einhorn sounds like she’s finally landed where she belongs. Recording as Meels, she leans into a version of herself that feels fully formed on Across the Raccoon Strait – a collection of songs…
