Although lacking in many high-profile releases, 2023 demonstrated no shortage of fantastic releases – with promising new stars emerging, genre constraints being pushed, and veteran artists releasing some of their best music to date. Such was the array of great music that it was a struggle to contain this list to just 10 albums. Therefore,… Read more
2023 has been packed with fantastic songs, both from some of music’s most reliable creatives and from several promising up-and-comers. So abundant has great music been this year, that it’s been a struggle to confine the year to a list of the ten greatest songs. So much so, that I must begin this list with… Read more
“You have 20 years to write your first album and you have six months to write your second one,” said Elvis Costello in 1981. The best debuts bottle up and release decades worth of insight, feeling, and experience into a singular, captivating musical statement. From indie rock and pop to folk and country, below are some… Read more
Photo Credit: Joshua Black Wilkins Living until 91 years old, Bobbie Nelson spent 70 years performing music – most notably as part of her brother Willie’s family band. A new collaborative album with Amanda Shires marks the first time she’s had her name grace an album title. A collection of classic ballad covers – including… Read more
Photo Credit: Michael Schmelling The best song on Amanda Shires’ eighth solo album, “Everything Has It’s Time” is a kaleidoscopic collection of memories jarringly placed alongside dispatches from the present day. The song captures love in a state of irreversible disrepair and in doing so heart-wrenchingly captures all that has been. “There was a time… Read more