Since Shirley Collins’ return to music in 2016 with Lodestar, she’s been exceptionally productive. After the release of a film and soundtrack, The Ballad of Shirley Collins, the prize-winning autobiography All in the Downs, it became obvious that Collins’ musical… Read More
Bassmaster Brian Bromberg has remixed and remastered his 2012 album Bromberg Plays Hendrix to mark the half-century passing of guitar master Jimi Hendrix. One of the more remarkable feats on the record is that Bromberg includes no guitars. It’s just… Read More
Another World is the sophomore release from Chicago’s the Flat Five. The LP arrives 13 November on CD, vinyl, digital download and via streaming platforms via Pravda Records/Augiedisc Records. The group brings together Kelly Hogan and Nora O’Connor (Neko Case,… Read More
Big Little Lions are the folk-pop duo of Helen Austin and Paul Otten, who live in Canada and the US and manage to collaborate despite the thousands of miles that separate them. Blending folk instrumentation and harmonies with sophisticated pop… Read More
Alexander Wren’s precocious coming-up is well-documented, with the history of a wedding singer mother, a Hank Williams-loving father, and an older brother who worked in artist management. He started playing guitar as a tot, engaged in classical voice lessons in… Read More
If you think you’re an overachiever, think again – Daniel Romano’s got us all beat. So far this year, Romano has released nine full-length albums, a pace that would even make Ty Segall’s head spin. His latest, How Ill Thy… Read More
The free-wheeling Jordan Tice’s art basks in joyous spontaneity. For one as musically adept as him—Tice is best known for his work with progressive stringband Hawktail—the intricacies of his performance are best met by a feeling of irreverence. He meshes… Read More
Austin’s Mobley makes upbeat-sounding, soulful pop-rock songs with a political conscience. The singer-songwriter’s latest single is “James Crow”, a song he wrote back in 2018 while in Thailand and looking at the United States from a distant state. It’s title… Read More
Excepted from Democratizing Our Data: A Manifesto, by Julia Lane (footnotes omitted). Copyright © MIT Press. Excerpted by permission of MIT Press. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from… Read More
While millions claim to be fans of Bruce Springsteen, only an extra-dedicated few have taken the plunge and written an entire book devoted to analyzing the nuances of the Boss’ extensive discography. In her debut tome Springsteen as Soundtrack: The… Read More