Steve Earle & the Dukes: “So You Wanna Be an Outlaw”
STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES So You Wanna Be an Outlaw Warner Bros. Some of the great outlaws of country music are actually a pretty …
STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES So You Wanna Be an Outlaw Warner Bros. Some of the great outlaws of country music are actually a pretty …
JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT The Nashville Sound Thirty Tigers / Southeastern Records Perhaps nobody in the past decade or so is as central …
By Mike Ethan Messick Brandon Rhyder’s career in the realm of independent country music has been marked by growth, change, and collaboration. A native of …
SLAID CLEAVES Ghost on the Car Radio Candy House Media Slaid Cleaves likes singing about — or at least feels compelled to sing about — folks with …
MICHAEL O’NEAL Stars Sawmill Records A Northeast Texas troubadour who has been semi-quietly building up his catalog over the past decade and change, Michael O’Neal has …
ROBYN LUDWICK This Tall to Ride Late Show Records / www.robynludwick.com Robyn Ludwick’s family might be a bit of a microcosm for the gender politics …
RICH O’TOOLE American Kid PTO Records This may be odd timing for a review of an album that’s been up for sale for a couple …
CHRIS STAPLETON From A Room: Volume 1 Mercury Nashville If you were updating the authoritative history of modern country music to reflect the last couple …
By Mike Ethan Messick A soulful, gritty-voiced mountain of a man hailing from Tulsa, Oklahoma, John Moreland has gradually built up a catalog of heartbreakingly …
JEFF WHITEHEAD Blue Notes www.jeffwhiteheadmusic.com Among the younger crop of Austin singer-songwriters, Jeff Whitehead eased out of his former sideman role to take the mic …