Mike Ryan: “Bad Reputation”
MIKE RYAN Bad Reputation Rock & Soul Records The star of Mike Ryan’s new album, Bad Reputation, isn’t any one of its terrific songs, but …
MIKE RYAN Bad Reputation Rock & Soul Records The star of Mike Ryan’s new album, Bad Reputation, isn’t any one of its terrific songs, but …
ROGER CREAGER Road Show Fun All Wrong Records Back in the late ’90s, Roger Creager was firmly amongst the wedge of young artists like Pat …
DREW KENNEDY Sad Songs Happily Played Atlas Aurora On the short list of live albums recorded without the artist’s knowledge, Drew Kennedy’s Sad Songs Happily …
THE BELLE SOUNDS Black Stone www.thebellesounds.com The Belle Sounds have one helluva sound. It’s a vintage Rumours-esque harmonic lushness over precise, Shins-like shiny grooves. Black …
SONS OF BILL Love and Logic Gray Fox/Thirty Tiger Sons of Bill may very well be the Bill Pullman of today’s Americana music scene. Need …
LUCERO Live From Atlanta ATO Records Memphis-based roots-rockers Lucero have rightfully earned their name as a killer live act, especially after implementing a small horn …
CHRISTINE ALBERT Everything’s Beautiful Now MoonHouse Records There’s a time — and music — for Texas two-stepping and knocking back cold longnecks in Texas dance …
DIRTY RIVER BOYS Dirty River Boys DRB Music From the very first notes, it’s clear that the self-titled release from El Paso’s Dirty River Boys …
RYAN ADAMS Ryan Adams Pax Am/Blue Note Being a Ryan Adams fan traditionally has not been for the faint of heart. For every “When the …
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE Single Mothers Vagrant Records After the old-time country stylings of his 2008 debut, The Good Life, Justin Townes Earle has diverged from …