By Paul T. Mueller If you had any lingering doubts about how performers and audiences are feeling about the recent resumption of live performances, Rodney Crowell’s July 29 show at Houston’s Heights Theater would have put those doubts firmly to rest. Crowell and his excellent four-piece band, clearly thrilled to be back on the road, put on an energetic performance…
Author: Paul Mueller
Review: Will Kimbrough’s fine “Spring Break”
By Paul T. Mueller –“Spring break” took on some added meaning early this year, when the pandemic shut down normal life and most people had to adjust to a strange new reality. For Nashville-based singer-songwriter Will Kimbrough, Spring Break turned out to be a good title for an album recorded during a forced hiatus from touring and other activities. It’s…
Review: Eliot Bronson’s “Empty Spaces”
Empty Spaces is one fine breakup album – written, as Eliot Bronson says, as therapy in the wake of painful breakup and a move to a new city.
Review: Eliza Gilkyson’s “2020”
Eliza Gilkyson unflinchingly depicts the anger and despair many are feeling, but also channels faith, sympathy and hope.