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North Mississippi Allstars was founded by brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson in 1996 as a loose collective of musicians from North Mississippi and Memphis, TN, inspired by their neighbors, RL... more

From breezy songs to strikingly stark ones, from lost-love lamentations to rollicking rockers, this new album is Hiatt's strongest in years. His raw, expressive vocals are at their perfectly... more

By most bands' fifth LP, the sound is pretty set. Parameters established. Refinement dissipated in favor of formulaic execution of what's worked in the past. Fair enough. All Them Witches take a... more

ALL THEM WITCHES / LIVE ON THE INTERNET - All Them Witches are known for their loud and lengthy live shows. 2020 found the band releasing their critically acclaimed album, Nothing As The Ideal. An... more

Beau Bedford put this group together as a studio band for Modern Electric Sound Recorders in Dallas (they've backed Leon Bridges, Nikki Lane and many others). Recorded live at FAME Studios in Muscle... more

2023 release. Says Rodney Crowell: "It's just me and the band in a room together, loose and live and having fun." Produced by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, The Chicago Sessions is indeed a throwback to... more

Denim & Diamonds - Nikki Lane - From the first bass note within the driving drum beat you can tell something is different about the new record from Nikki Lane. The backbeat feels like a gutsy strut... more

2022 release. Steve Earle has been creating intimate and personal music for well over four decades now. His songwriting has wound itself along a path from Texas to Tennessee and his education came in... more

On August 20, 2020 the world lost an amazing light with the passing of Justin Townes Earle. Justin was a vibrant songwriter who could play the blues, country, and rock n roll all in the same song. In... more

Steve and the Dukes knocked out this tribute to Guy Clark in six days at the House of Blues studio in Nashville. Steve was friends, occasional bandmates and mutual admirers with Clark (who died in... more

Double vinyl LP pressing including digital download. Ben Folds music has taken another turn, firmly embracing strings and chamber music yet still maintaining a passion for his love of pop. So There... more

It takes an artist of Earle's caliber to do a Townes Van Zandt tribute justice (of course, it helps that Townes was Steve's friend and mentor). Earle gets inside the songs even as he employs... more

When singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Randall Bramblett began compiling the songs that would eventually make up his twelfth and newest studio album, Pine Needle Fire, it wasn't with any... more

This North Mississippi All-Star (and son of the legendary Jim Dickinson) started out playing with everyone from country-bluesman Othar Turner to the Replacements. He's been around hill country blues,... more

Esther Rose was on a long solo drive when she started writing the opening title track of Want, her stunning fifth album. At first, the words seemed almost like a joke, something to keep herself... more