Drew Kennedy: “Sad Songs Happily Played”
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 …
Album Reviews
The Belle Sounds: “Black Stone”
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”
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”
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 …
Sunny Sweeney: “Provoked”
SUNNY SWEENEY Provoked Thirty Tigers If the current pack of mainstream bro-country hit churners go the way of the dinosaur in the next few years …
Christine Albert: “Everything’s Beautiful Now”
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”
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”
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”
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 …
Lee Ann Womack: “The Way I’m Livin'”
LEE ANN WOMACK The Way I’m Livin’ Sugar Hill Given the freedom to finally make exactly the record she wanted to make after years of …
