Reviews

Dixie Gamble’s Witch Hairs

Unlike certain color M&Ms that were removed by the contract riders of monster ego acts in the hair band ’80s, you could add a few more Ms to the subtitles … Read more

Hank Williams

This is the first release of the 1949 Hank Williams’ The Health & Happiness Show on vinyl (3 LPs), originally released by BMG in 1993 on CD and cassette. Fans … Read more

Ruby Lovett

Ruby Lovett is a country traditionalist with a social conscience. On the back of the album jacket, Nanci Griffith speaks to Lovett’s inspiration for making It’s a Hard Life – … Read more

The Muffs

Through streaming tears shed over the heartbreaking loss of The Muffs’ Kim Shattuck, there will be brave smiles, too. The charming punk imperfections and unabashed power-pop sweetness of No Holiday, … Read more

Allison Moorer

All inspiring music expresses deep human emotion through a catching melody. Blood qualifies tenfold. Through it, Allison Moorer’s early life flows vigorously and exquisitely, but also stings like bitter medicine. … Read more

Gary Nicholson The Great Divide

Gary Nicholson loses no time jumping into the core of this album with “God Help America” (with guest vocals by Ruthie Foster), a plea for help for an America that … Read more

Whitey Johnson

Whitey Johnson, who of course is Gary Nicholson’s alter ego, brings along a great group of musicians and singers to help him on this new disc, including Colin Linden, Delbert … Read more

The Lumineers

Beauty doesn’t always need to be pretty. In III, the Lumineers prove the point. The beauty of the music and the poignancy of the lyrics paint a series of vignettes … Read more

Andrea Baker

You could call Andrea Baker a country singer, a folkie or sometimes a coffeehouse crooner, depending on which song you’re playing, but that’s really not what matters. She’s also a … Read more

Various Artists / Dixie Gamble

Chiaroscuro (kee-aa-ruh-skyur-ow) is an ancient art technique of using differing shades of light and dark to create a third dimension. Rembrandt was a master at it, and this is a … Read more