I review Ruston Kelly’s ‘Shape & Destroy’ for Country Universe.
Tag: 8/10
Album Review: Karen Jonas – ‘The Southwest Sky and Other Dreams’ (For Country Universe)
Another review for Country Universe, this one for a great album in a packed release day.
Album Review: Daniel Donato – ‘A Young Man’s Country’ (For Country Universe)
My version of a fun album in 2020
Album Review: Lori McKenna – ‘The Balladeer’
Though The Balladeer doesn’t necessarily break any new ground for Lori McKenna, the peppier production and presentation style makes it one of her most engaging albums in years
Album Review: Mike And The Moonpies – ‘Touch Of You: The Lost Songs Of Gary Stewart’
Another impressive surprise release from Mike and the Moonpies
Album Review: Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen – ‘Hold My Beer Vol. 2’
Hold My Beer Vol. 2 sports a few low points its predecessor didn’t have, but the tight focus and fun banter between Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen keeps it a fun listen regardless
Album Review: Ashley McBryde – ‘Never Will’
By ditching any expectations for country radio and fully embracing her artistic instincts, Ashley McBryde’s sophomore album is sharper, stronger and livelier than her already great debut album
Album Review: Gabe Lee – ‘Honky Tonk Hell’
Gabe Lee showed great potential with farmland, and on Honky Tonk Hell, that potential has blossomed into something fierce
Album Review: The Secret Sisters – ‘Saturn Return’
Saturn Return may have been born out of loss and subsequent confusion, but the Secret Sisters manage to overcome that darkness in favor of a fresh new step forward
Album Review: Terry Allen & the Panhandle Mystery Band – ‘Just Like Moby Dick’
Just Like Moby Dick is a late-career album that finds Terry Allen in his prime
The Musical Divide 