Reviews

Vince Gill

There’s little can be added to the Vince Gill story. A true country great, a Nashville hero and music giant, Gill seems never to have put a foot wrong in … Read more

Kinky Friedman

Who said they ain’t making kinksters like Kinky anymore?  That’s OK, because we still have him and on Resurrection, he will make you real glad we still do. He hits … Read more

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