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Well known for his clever and humorous songwriting, folk singer John Craigie kicks it up another notch on his seventh studio album, Asterisk the Universe. With influence from Bob Dylan and frequent collaborator Jack Johnson, the record takes on a form that is both witty and uplifting. (more…)

Despite breakups, reunions, member departures and deaths over their three decades together, Minneapolis band The Jayhawks have continued to make great music, a trend which continues on new album, XOXO. The group that quietly inspired bands like Uncle Tupelo and recorded Americana-tinged classics like Hollywood Town Hall, switches up the songwriting with equal inputs from each of the four current members, while remaining true to their unique sound. (more…)

After 20 years, singer-songwriter Kim Richey chose to revisit her 1999 album, Glimmer. She switched up the track ordering, and rerecorded songs with different, more stripped-down instrumentation, and A Long Way Back: The Songs of Glimmer is a timely re-imagining of the country pop original. (more…)

After finishing his second record with backing band the Night Sweats, energetic front man Nathaniel Rateliff found himself dealing with leftover emotions and materials that didn’t feel quite right for the group. It came at a tumultuous time for Rateliff, following a divorce in 2018 and the death of longtime producer and collaborator Richard Swift. (more…)

Throughout her sophomore album Punisher, Phoebe Bridgers brings a sense of community to her music. She has a knack for crafting lines that almost effortlessly voice the anxieties of her generation, and even more specifically she’s curated a tight-knit group of fellow musicians around her, collaborating over the past few years with fellow heart-on-their-sleeve songwriters like Conor Oberst, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker. (more…)

The Indigo Girls’ fifteenth studio album, Look Long, is a focused look into the past, calling upon old friends and memories, revisiting untold stories, and remembering what they’ve learned over the duo’s 30+ year career. (more…)

Chuck Prophet’s newest release, The Land That Time Forgot, originally slated for May 13th and now coming August 21st, is a critical reexamination of the Bay Area which the singer-songwriter has proudly called home for over 30 years. The album seeks to capture a fast changing city where so many musicians have traditionally found their footing. (more…)

 Nicole Atkins’ latest album Italian Ice is titled to reference her Sicilian roots and the sweeter parts of life. Atkins’ goal for the album was simply to produce something to make her feel better.  (more…)

David Bromberg’ss album Big Road may be new but the record starts from an old familiar place. Even now Bromberg, who was tutored by famed blues guitarist Reverend Gary Davis while living in NYC in the 1960s, says “I listen to a lot of old blues,” when talking about his inspiration, but it stretches beyond that, D“I hear a lot of different things and when I wanna do something, I don’t see any reason not to, I don’t care what genre it is.” (more…)