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KELLY WILLIS Back Being Blue Premium Recordings Once the chanteuse that many pinned the hopes of the whole alt-country genre on, Kelly Willis has spent …

BILLY F GIBBONS The Big Bad Blues Concord Records As the main man behind the wheel of ZZ Top, Billy F Gibbons has enjoyed no …

ELIZA GILKYSON Secularia Red House Records Just shy of 20 years into her remarkable second act (2000 being the year that she rebooted her career, …

JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT Live from the Ryman Southeastern Records/Thirty Tigers Sometimes when you’ve got a stack of albums to review and you’re listening to one you’ve …

CODY CANADA & THE DEPARTED 3 Underground Sound Confusing as it may seem for Cody Canada & the Departed to have titled their fifth release …

STRYKER BROTHERS Burn Band Scriptorium Rex So anyhow, I think it’s fair to let you know that Luke the Drifter was Hank Williams, Hank Wilson …

CODY JINKS Lifers Rounder If part of the charm of turn-of-the-millennium Texas country and roots music was its camaraderie, then the downside might have been the …

JAMES STEINLE South Texas Homecoming www.jamessteinle.com Somewhere along the line, artists labelling themselves “Texas Country” started gradually losing favor, with more inclusive taxons like “Americana” …

JASON BOLAND & THE STRAGGLERS Hard Time Are Relative Proud Souls Entertainment Oklahoma-born alt-country veteran Jason Boland specializes in hardcore honky-tonk with a rock ’n’ …

VARIOUS ARTISTS Dancehall Dreamin’: A Tribute to Pat Green Greenhouse Music Although Dancehall Dreamin’ may be the first official multi-artist salute to the man’s music on …