Album Reviews

AMANDA SHIRES Carrying Lightning amandashires.net “Look how easy a heart can catch on fire,” observes Amanda Shires just over two minutes into her first song …

SUSAN HERNDON All Fall Down susanherndon.com According to her bio, singer-songwriter Susan Herndon began her music career during a stint living in France, which helps …

D.C. BLOOM New Man dcbloom.com Corporate/political speechwriter by day, singer-songwriter by night D.C. Bloom moved to San Antonio from Washington, D.C., six years ago, and …

THE HICKOIDS Kicking It With the Twits Saustex Media Listening to the Hickoids swagger their way through the Elton John/Bernie Taupin chestnut “Benny and the …

JOHN DAVID KENT John David Kent Roustabout Records In a previous musical lifetime, a teenaged John David Kent played drums in Radish, the North Texas …

JACKSON TAYLOR & THE SINNERS Let The Bad Times Roll Smith Entertainment There are some things that you need to know about Jackson Taylor. He …

BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS Scandalous Lost Highway Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears don’t do sweet soul music. They do down ‘n’ dirty, …

CARRIE RODRIGUEZ AND BEN KYLE We Still Love Our Country Ninth Street Opus We Still Love Our Country finds Carrie Rodriguez teaming up with Ben …

THE BAND OF HEATHENS Top Hat Crown & The Clapmaster’s Son BOH Records Colin Brooks, Ed Jurdi and Gordy Quist are the kind of scarily …

TODD SNIDER Live: The Storyteller Aimless Records As anyone who’s ever seen him play live can attest to, Todd Snider backs his remarkable songwriting with …