Grady Champion
Some guys have that knack, that rare bang to take it, shake it and make you sit up and take notice. With One of a Kind, Mississippi’s Grady Champion sure … Read more
Album Reviews
Katie Burden
Introducing herself with debut EP My Blind Eye back in 2014, Colorado native, Katie Burden has made a name for herself with the inspired, spectral arrangements infused into her songwriting. … Read more
Various Artists
This CD isn’t for everybody, but it should be. The concept is simple and rare: take at-risk kids and give them music projects instead of unsupervised downtime. Here, 19 young … Read more
New Orleans Suspects
A lady on the inside suggested I drape strings of beads around my neck and drink Abita with this record. Great advice, but needless. Two years ago, I cheered Ouroboros, … Read more
Amanda Shires
It’s been three years, one month and ten days since Amanda Shires’ released her passionate, whimsical and downright beautiful Down Fell the Doves. It’s also been three years, one month … Read more
Michael Kaeshammer
Canadian singer/songwriter/pianist Michael Kaeshammer’s eleventh album is a little gem of boogie-woogie, R&B, jazz and pop. Kaeshammer’s silky vocals caress his impressive keyboard chops like a lover’s breath, and it’s … Read more
The Handsome Family
Make no bones about it… 2016 sees The Handsome Family as decidedly strange and representative of macabre contemporary Americana culture – it’s just that perhaps now they’ve embraced it better … Read more
The Shondes
Pop-rock permeates off of the Shondes new release. Brighton brings you back to the early 2000’s with tracks that could very well have been found in a romantic comedy, but in … Read more
The Youngers
Forgive me if I take a special interest in bands from my home state, Pennsylvania. I was beginning to wonder when we’d hear from The Youngers again as it has … Read more
Vaneese Thomas
Vaneese Thomas re-established her soul blues status, earning two Blues Music Award nominations for 2014’s Blues for My Father, named, of course for the legendary Rufus Thomas. As this title … Read more
