Punching the Clown strips Lambchop down to Kurt Wagner’s weathered baritone, Andrew Broder’s acoustic guitar, Justin Vernon’s banjo and a choir answering in slow, luminous waves. Inspired by lined-out singing, the album folds American history,…
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Ray Wylie Hubbard | Reel 2 Reel 4 Real | 2026
Reel 2 Reel 4 Real catches Ray Wylie Hubbard in a snarling analog-first mode, driving country-blues storytelling through garage-rock guitars, resonator slide, organ and a loose, hard-hit rhythm section. Dark jokes, crows, wolves, devils and…
49 Winchester | Change of Plans | 2026
Change of Plans turns 49 Winchester’s Appalachian country rock into a lived-in study of change, working-class erosion and hard-won maturity. Dave Cobb leaves room for pedal steel, organ and Southern-rock guitars as Isaac Gibson moves…
Big Thief ∤ Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You ∤ 2022
Alt Country / Indie Folk / 8-track tape machine / Dust to Dusk / Sparrow / Brooklyn / Neopsychedelic / 20 Songs / Five Months / Five Different Locations / Subconscious dream of timeless / Infinite…
Cassandra Jenkins ∤ An Overview on Phenomenal Nature ∤ 2021
Nature Storytelling. New York Museum. David, Warren, Grey, Darryl, Lola, Peri and Hailey Gates. Breezy blues. “Nothing ever really disappears, It just changes shape” HER WORDS. Altered Meet Ups. Traveling and Parks. Michelangelo and three legged…
Steve Earle and the Dukes ∤ J.T. ∤ 2021
Townes, one more Townes echo in the tapestry of times. When you mention Justin, you recall what. Harlem River Blues. Lone Pine Hill. Frightened by the Sound. Farewell songs. Steve in combination of Americana influences….