By j. poet Malcolm Holcombe’s tuneful growl sounds like it’s coming from the depths of a coal mine, or the smoky backroom of a seedy pool …
By Scott Schinder Tift Merritt’s sixth studio album, Stitch of the World, finds the North Carolina-bred singer-songwriter-guitarist delivering some of her most potent country-soul songcraft …
B.J. Barham Rockingham www.bjbarham.com When the lead singer of a band — even (or perhaps especially) a well-established one with a respected catalog — branches …
By Thomas D. Mooney Reidsville, North Carolina has always been there. The small, rural hometown of singer-songwriter BJ Barham has often lingered in the background, …
By Kelly Dearmore The story of American Aquarium, as it currently stands, can pretty much be summed up as “A Tale of Two Records.” The …
NIKKI LANE All or Nothin’ New West Nikki Lane is touted as both a modern-day Wanda Jackson and a (rather fetching) country outlaw, and not …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Though Bill Monroe, “the father of bluegrass,” hailed from Kentucky, genre giants Earl Scruggs and Doc …
By j. poet (LSM Sept/Oct 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 5) Austin’s Band of Heathens like to rock out and generate excitement onstage, but what really …
By Spencer Griffith (LSM Jan/Feb 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 1) The doctors laughed at first, until they saw that I was serious,” recounts American Aquarium …
AMERICAN AQUARIUM Burn. Flicker. Die. Last Chance Records A band that evolves from a loose group of rowdy punks into a cohesive unit of seasoned …
