Ben Howard’s finger-picking style of guitar can be both pastoral and percussive, giving Every Kingdom a layered complexity that belies folk’s old cardboard genre box. You May Also Like: Adam Steffeck – Aviator (2017)

Legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is at work on a new studio album, leading sessions at Jackson Browne’s Los Angeles studio with Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo, among others. You May Also Like: Pre-Fame Bob Dylan Struck a Rebel’s Pose, But Not Woody Guthrie’s

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To be so organic, so uninhibited and free — during the song “Amen,” Rocco DeLuca actually turns from the microphone, filling the room around him with a howling lament — Drugs ‘n Hymns is often grounded by the familiar. You May Also Like: The Ageless Mystery and Otherworldly Charge ofRead More

Eyes, you hear about all the time. Lips and hips, too. And the heart? All day, every day — and a million times on Valentine’s Day. But the lungs? Not so much. You May Also Like: Indigo Girls, “The Rise of the Black Messiah” from One Lost Day (2015): OneRead More

Are there any positive aspects to a 90-minute commute? Usually … not. Though yesterday morning I encountered some surprise entertainment. The first part of the ride was very smooth, mostly owing to my late start. I left at around 8:20AM and reached the highway 40 minutes later. At the overpassRead More

The Cowboy Junkies will complete their four-CD Nomad Series this March, capping a remarkably productive 18-month period with the release of The Wilderness. You May Also Like: Bobby Avey – Inhuman Wilderness (2016) Gordon Grdina’s Nomad Trio – ‘Nomad’ (2020)

Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls fame has teamed up with NoiseTrade to offer a sampler of tracks from her 12 years as a solo artist — for free. You May Also Like: Indigo Girls, “The Rise of the Black Messiah” from One Lost Day (2015): One Track Mind

A flurry of activity will greet the 80th birthday of Johnny Cash, including a museum dedicated to his life and the release of Bootleg Vol. IV: The Soul of Truth, a 2-CD, 51-track collection of gospel and spiritual recordings from the 1970s and ’80s. You May Also Like: How JohnnyRead More