Album Reviews

GARY CLARK JR. Live Warner Bros Blues fans can be a demanding bunch. Each time promising players emerge, they’re expected to document their authenticity. Show …

For a band whose name derives from the voice procedure term for “will comply,” Wilco has been at its best when dealing with conflict: Jeff …

STONEY LARUE Aviator Entertainment One Music One of the signature artists and biggest draws on the Texas/Oklahoma musical axis — de- spite having what once …

WADE BOWEN Wade Bowen +180 Records World-beating self-assuredness has served Wade Bowen well over the last few years. He’s made the gradual transition from North …

MARY GAUTHIER Trouble & Love In the Black Records For the last decade-and-a-half, Mary Gauthier has proven herself time and again to be a keen …

MARK JUNGERS I’ll See You Again American Rural Records A Minnesota native who drifted down to Austin and then a bit further south, Hill Country …

CORB LUND Counterfeit Blues New West Records For a Canadian country act, Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans sure have a good grasp of cowboy …

JOHN EDWARD BAUMANN High Plains Alchemy www.baumannsongs.com Minimal hype can be a bonus – no expectations means no pressure – but it can also be …

COWBOY JACK CLEMENT For Once and For All I.R.S. Nashville For more than five decades Cowboy Jack Clement was Nashville’s Jesus of cool and Music …

JANA POCHOP Throats Are Quarries Patient Grasshopper Music In San Marcos-based singer-songwriter Jana Pochop’s inventive mind, throats are the quarries from which we mine the …