Moloch/Monolyth – How Strange It Is To Miss You When You’re Right Here Next To Me And The Coolest Stuff of The Week | May 1st
Moloch/Monolyth – How Strange It Is To Miss You When You’re Right Here Next To Me And The Coolest Stuff of The Week | May 1st
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit at The Salt Shed | Chicago Goes Country Oscar De Leon·March 12, 2024With the country music genre being so hot right now, it was no surprise to see Jason Isbell...Concert ReviewsFeatured·4 mins read
Sterling Drake – Highway 200 | The Country Music Conundrum Aaron Cooper·January 18, 2023I’ve always taken pride in my diverse taste in music. From rich and layered classics of The Beatles...Album ReviewsFeatured·3 mins read
Francesca Royster – Black Country Music | Art as Cultural Revolution Adam P. Newton·October 3, 2022Country music provided a solid third of my childhood musical diet. Another third came from actual children’s music,...FeaturedMusic Book Review·3 mins read
Dividers – Crime of Passion | Subverting Country and Pysch Sounds Adam P. Newton·June 16, 2022Despite a reputation for enforced authenticity and purity, country music has always offered fertile ground for reinvention and...Album ReviewsFeatured·1 min read
S.G. Goodman – Teeth Marks | Confessional Country-Rock Adam P. Newton·June 1, 2022I grew up listening to country and rock music. In fact, my parents met in the ‘70s at...Album ReviewsFeatured·3 mins read
Country-Fried Dead | Grateful Dead – Dave’s Picks Volume 26 Roz Milner·July 11, 2018A combo from two shows in fall 1971, Dave's Picks Vol. 26 shows the Grateful Dead in their stripped-down, country rock period.Album ReviewsFeatured·4 mins read
Dolly Parton, Gender, and Country Music | A Lifetime of Busting Barriers Adam P. Newton·May 2, 2018Dolly Parton, Gender, and Country Music portrays an artist of strength and verve who’s committed to being exactly who she wants to be on her terms, no matter what the traditional paternalistic power structure dictated she should do.FeaturedMusic Book Review·6 mins read
Mogwai: Every Country’s Sun | Perfect Moments of Sound Eddie Carter·September 26, 2017Over the course of Every Country's Sun, Mogwai have managed to create an album which absolutely eclipses all their previous works.Adopt This AlbumFeatured·5 mins read
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