Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes – ATO Records – Alabama Shakes’ second album is a statement of extraordinary confidence from a young and ambitious band.
Rediscovered: Dusty Springfield’s “Faithful”
After a wait of 44 years, Dusty Springfield’s third album for Atlantic Records is finally available.
New: Spirit Family Reunion, Honeycutters
New releases: Spirit Family Reunion, Honeycutters, Jim Pelz, White Owl Red
Ray Wylie Hubbard’s “The Ruffian’s Misfortune”
Ray Wylie Hubbard’s bluesy tales of misplaced priorities, bad decisions and tragic characters are always entertaining,
New releases: Boxmasters, Sam Lewis
It’s not every album that has its own built-in mood swing. The Boxmasters – “Bud” Billy Bob Thornton, Teddy Andreadis, Brad Davis and J.D. Andrews – will release a new two-CD set this week, each disc with a distinctly different tone.
Tony Joe White: Complete Warner Bros. Recordings
Tony Joe White will always be associated with his swamp-rock hit “Polk Salad Annie,” but a new collection from Real Gone Music reveals an artist of greater depth and breadth
New releases: Allison Moorer’s “Down to Believing”
The power in Allison Moorer’s Down to Believing comes from marrying intimate and confessional lyrics to compelling musicality.
Review: Robert Earl Keen’s “Happy Prisoner”
Texas singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen returns to his bluegrass roots with Happy Prisoner – The Bluegrass Sessions.
New releases: Lily Hiatt, Joseph Wooten
Joseph Wooten’s latest solo album Soul of Freedom is both familiar and fresh, melding the influences of Steve Wonder and Sly Stone with very contemporary takes on the world around us.
New releases: Brandi Carlile, Ray Wylie Hubbard
New releases include albums from Brandi Carlile, Ray Wylie Hubbard, 10,000 Maniacs, Jon Chi, J. Tex
New releases: Vespers, Whitehorse, more
New albums from Whitehorse, the Vespers, Kimmie Rhodes, John and Judy Rodman and Parker McCollum.
Interview: Hemming on Sail Across the Sun
Hemming may well have been the youngest artist on the Sail Across the Sun cruise (other than the School of Rock students), but won over audiences in her shows in the ship’s atrium.
Review: Sail Across the Sun cruise 2015
Train’s Sail Across the Sun cruise works as both a fans’ celebration of the band and as a floating music festival.
Concert Review: Alejandro Escovedo in Houston
Singer-songwriter Alejandro Escovedo added some jazz to his usual mix of folk and rock at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck in Houston on Feb. 7.
The 10 best lines on the Cayamo music cruise 2015
The ten best lines from Cayamo Music cruise 2015 performers.
Review: Cayamo 2015 may have been best yet
On Cayamo, the real draw, as always, was the music, which began before the ship left Miami and continued nearly nonstop, almost to the minute the Pearl returned to its home port a week later.
Cayamo finale: Elizabeth Cook, David Bromberg
A stirring finale to the 2015 Cayamo music cruise.
Cayamo Day 6: Shawn Colvin, Tim Easton, Black Lillies
Summary of day 6 on Cayamo music cruise 2015
Cayamo day 5: Brandi Carlile, Todd Snider, Kacey Musgraves
Review of Cayamo music cruise featuring Todd Snider, Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves
Cayamo day 4: John Prine, Edwin McCain, Tim Easton
John Prine’s 8:00 show in the Stardust Theater on the Cayamo music cruise was an exercise in musical excellence.