Album Reviews

KACEY MUSGRAVES Golden Hour MCA Nashville After a game attempt at a game-changing mainstream country career, Kacey Musgraves and the Nashville establishment seem to have …

MIKE FARRIS Silver & Stone Compass Records Mike Farris’ last album, Shine for All the People, earned him a 2015 Grammy for Best Gospel Roots Album. …

JASON EADY I Travel On Old Guitar Records Since 2013’s AM Country Heaven kicked down a lot of doors for him as not just a …

NICHOLE WAGNER And the Sky Caught Fire Star Catcher Music An Austin songwriter (originally from Colorado) gifted with sly charm that rolls off her voice …

ROD PICOTT Out Past the Wires Welding Rod Records A New England kid reared on classic rock who caught the folk-music bug a few decades …

MARY GAUTHIER Rifles & Rosary Beads In the Black In a political era where too many people feel compelled to a) pick a side and …

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 …