ACM nominations are here, Alan Jackson discusses why he always wears a cowboy hat, and the floodgates open for new music releases in this week’s edition of the Sunday Morning Paper.… Read More The Sunday Morning Paper: And the ACM Award Goes to …
Carly Pearce makes a coda for her 2020 album, John Driskell Hopkins delivers an interesting solo project, and Lainey Wilson makes her debut, in this album review roundup.… Read More Clusterpluck Album Reviews: John Driskell Hopkins, Carly Pearce, and Lainey Wilson
Amythyst Kiah rocks with “Black Myself,” Ashley Monroe returns, and I retool with my throwback feature in this week’s edition of the Boom-or-Bust Jukebox.… Read More The Boom-or-Bust Jukebox – Week 8 (2021): (Amythyst Kiah, Ashley Monroe, Jon Pardi, etc.)
Mickey Guyton offers her perspective on being a Black woman in country music, Luke Combs and Maren Morris address accountability, and Dolly Parton refuses a statue in this week’s edition edition of the Sunday Morning Paper.… Read More The Sunday Morning Paper: A Different Kind of Honor (Feb. 21, 2021)
Featuring hits from Patsy Cline, George Jones, Hank Snow, and more! … Read More The Best Hit Songs of 1962
A week of new discoveries and solid releases all around.… Read More The Boom-or-Bust Jukebox – Week 7 (2021): (Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi, Lanco, Kaitlin Butts, etc.)
Life Rolls On shows that Florida Georgia Line is completely out of ideas.… Read More Album Review: Florida Georgia Line – ‘Life Rolls On’
Kacey Musgraves hints at a new album, Dwight Yoakam takes legal action and Taylor Swift makes the old feel new in this week’s edition of the Sunday Morning Paper.… Read More The Sunday Morning Paper: For the Broken-Hearted (Feb. 14, 2021)
A trio of mostly solid releases, including a genuinely great surprise.… Read More Clusterpluck Album Reviews: Jeremy Parsons, Aaron Vance, and Lilly Winwood
In which I advise you to buy stock in Chapel Hart and find very little else to work with in this week’s edition of the Boom-or-Bust Jukebox.… Read More The Boom-or-Bust Jukebox – Week 6 (2021): (Chapel Hart, Dan + Shay)
TJ Osborne comes out, Sturgill Simpson reveals his upcoming plans, and we address the elephant in the room in this week’s edition of the Sunday Morning Paper.… Read More The Sunday Morning Paper: The Truth Comes Out (Feb. 7, 2021)
For Kris Kristofferson, freedom truly was just another word for nothing left to lose.… Read More The Unbroken Circle: Kris Kristofferson’s Sorrowful Inspiration
Reviews for the new single from Dallas Moore and a throwback review for Blake Shelton, as well as links to other reviews for Luke Combs (& Billy Strings) and Elvie Shane.… Read More The Boom-or-Bust Jukebox – Week 5 (2021): (Dallas Moore, Luke Combs, etc.)
Though I can’t personally relate to the core message of Calico Jim, I can appreciate its hopefulness and optimism and relate to something simpler about it. Far too dense to explain in a short blurb like this, however, so to put it bluntly: It’s one of the best albums of the year so far and cannot be overlooked.… Read More Album Review: Pony Bradshaw – ‘Calico Jim’
Lucero becomes completely unhinged on When You Found Me, and that’s part of the album’s appeal. … Read More Album Review: Lucero – ‘When You Found Me’
Kris Kristofferson retires, Loretta Lynn readies a documentary and Luke Bell makes a return in this week’s edition of the Sunday Morning Paper.… Read More The Sunday Morning Paper: Me and Bobby Retiree (Jan. 31, 2021)
A roundup review for new projects from Pearl Charles, The Divorcees, and Justin Moses.… Read More Clusterpluck Album Reviews: Pearl Charles, The Divorcees, and Justin Moses
A light week that favors quality over quantity.… Read More The Boom-or-Bust Jukebox – Week 4 (2021): (Morgan Wade)
Excellent first steps from some of the genre’s best, including Gary Stewart, Eric Church, Emmylou Harris, Caitlyn Smith and more!… Read More The Melting Pot: Favorite Debut Albums (w/ Critically Country)
Plenty of new release announcements – including three albums from Eric Church – make this an exciting Sunday morning read.… Read More The Sunday Morning Paper: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Think Mr. Misunderstood is One Bad Mother (Jan. 24, 2021)
