Rattling out like a loose-mufflered muscle car, Dark Night of the Soul is a more raw-boned version of Jimbo Mathus’ typical roots rock — darker and harder, like a grittier, more visceral take on the mythical parables of the Band. You May Also Like: Bob Dylan, “The Night We CalledRead More

Left to her own devices after a band breakup, Austin-based singer-songwriter Amy Edwards found herself stuck between her melancholy over what had been and her hopefulness for what might come next. Ghosts and Saints, at times hard-eyed and at others remarkably open, is stronger for that essential dichotomy. She purrsRead More

It would have been easy enough for Matt Schofield, the most heralded blues guitarist to come out of England in recent memory, to leave at slow burns and nifty shuffles. But Far As I Can See displays broader ambitions — and from the first. You May Also Like: Matt SmithRead More

Very Sad begins with a melancholy moment, as Wanja Slavin unfurls these lengthy, enveloping lines on the alto over a stark figure from pianist Rainer Bohm. You May Also Like: ElectroBluesSociety feat. Boo Boo Davis, “It’s a Sad Thing” (2021): One Track Mind Jonny Lang – Signs (2017) A glimpseRead More

It’s a time of consolidation for Joe Louis Walker, an attacking blues guitarist who has, forever it seemed, been the best modern player to never get his due. That changed in a big way with 2012’s aptly named Alligator debut, Hellfire. You May Also Like: Seth Walker – ‘Are YouRead More

With Out in Space, Paul Wertico, a seven-time Grammy winner who rose to fame with the Pat Metheny Group, expands on the successes of last year’s collaboration with David Cain. You May Also Like: Wertico Cain and Gray – ‘Windows of Time’ (2021) Wertico Cain and Gray – ‘Without Compromise’Read More

If you need any indication of how comfortable bluesman Keb Mo is, two decades after his well-regarded debut, look no further than the advance track from his forthcoming album BluesAmericana. You May Also Like: Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ – Tajmo (2017) Robben Ford with Keb Mo + Robert Randolph,Read More

There’s a reason most prog albums leave the epic song for the end, as Marillion’s 17th album made clear.

It’s not like “Neighbor,” the closing moment of Band of Horses’ 2010 album Infinite Arms, was a boisterous, plugged-in stomper. And yet, this new version — part of their forthcoming Acoustic at the Ryman, due on February 11, 2014 — finds a quieter place You May Also Like: James McMurtryRead More

Though Neil Finn hasn’t released a solo album in more than a decade, it’s not like he hasn’t been around. You May Also Like: Neil Young, “Wolf Moon” from The Monsanto Years (2015): One Track Mind