When Poco co-founder and lone mainstay Rusty Young announced his retirement from touring in 2014, it didn’t mean that his music-making days were over.

‘Dead Man Dancing’ is Ethan Keller up close and personal, warts and all. And you know what? He’s still sounding good.

The most tragic histories can make the greatest songs, as the Indigo Girls’ “Rise of the Black Messiah” reminds us.

50 years ago, ‘Turn! Turn! Turn!’ captured both the political and musical climate of the era – even as it confirmed the Byrds’ ascension.

Lucinda Williams’ ‘Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone’ is an expection to the rule of double albums being full of filler. This one is all killer.

Fawcett’a songs possess the depth, maturity and easily engaging quality lacking from other singer-songwriters these days.

Souther is one of the best in the business at telling stories, period.

While the legacy of the Subdudes is firmly cemented as one of the uplifting and satisfying supergroups in recent roots music history, its front man is busy building upon his own legacy. You May Also Like: David Philips – Get Along (2018) Cuong Vu 4-Tet, featuring Bill Frisell – ‘ChangeRead More

Tommy Malone might forever be known as a founder and frontman for the widely admired subdudes, but as he reminded us last year with his first solo effort in ages, Natural Born Days, You May Also Like: The Lunar Laugh – ‘Goodnight Noises Everywhere’ (2019) The Blind Boys of Alabama’sRead More

Let’s face it, the criteria of what makes a good singer-songwriter record are usually straightforward: does the singer-songwriter sing well and two, does he sing good songs? You May Also Like: Ethan Keller – Dead Man Dancing (2016) Matthew Shipp + Nate Wooley – ‘What If?’ (2019) Nate Lepine, “Hennies”Read More