Music
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The Magic of Springsteen on Broadway
How fitting that Bruce Springsteen’s undervalued 2007 album is called Magic. One of the many magic tricks of profound and lasting songs is that they feel like they’re as much about the listener as they are anything else in the world. Never mind the artist or the era. It doesn’t matter when they were written or…
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‘To the Sunset’: Amanda Shires’ Toast To Courage
If you’re looking for another generically-heartbroken Americana record, you’ve come to wrong place with Amanda Shires’ newest: To The Sunset. In fact, this album sounds more like victory than anything; it manages to be fierce and defiant, while showing hints of vulnerability in all of the right places. Full of lyrical complexity and adorned with…
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Where Bonnaroo is Going, Whether You Like it or Not
Where Bonaroo is going, whether you like it or not!
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The War on Drugs: The Most Vital Band in America
The most vital band in the United States could also be its most unlikely: the War on Drugs
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Not This Again: Greta Van Fleet Aren’t the Saviors of Rock
And here we are all over again: Greta Van Fleet seem wholly manufactured for you, rock lover.
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Hayden Crawford’s Sense of Ingenuity Shines on his Debut Album: ‘Better Days’
A clear sense of ingenuity shines on Hayden Crawford’s debut album ‘Better Days.’
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Jason Isbell and the Changing Country
Jason Isbell is at the forefront of American music and for good reason. He is set to play two shows in Alabama this month.
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John Prine Continues To Be Great on His Newest Album, ‘The Tree of Forgiveness’
John Prine had a lot to live up to on his newest album, The Tree of Forgiveness, which was released this past Friday. With contemporaries such as Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash, Prine is expected to write the kind of songs that stir up a range of emotions within his audience – don’t worry though, he most…
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How Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires Are Inciting Personal Revolutions
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, who hail from the Iron City of Birmingham, AL, aren’t just changing the sound of modern Southern Rock- they are defining it. Their sound of dueling overdriven guitars infused with thought-provoking lyrics fueled by themes of cultural equality, geographically-influenced perspectives, as well as an overwhelming determination to shift rotting…
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Concerts of 2017
There were plenty of great music to see live last year. A traveling musician breaks down the best that he was lucky enough to see.