Oceans of Slumber: Oceans of Slumber
Any time a band decides to self-title its fourth album, there’s a statement being made. Maybe the group wants to
Spring 2021
Album Reviews
Johndavid Bartlett & Acid Carousel: In Your Dreams
Johndavid Bartlett has a musical history that could fill a couple of books. Bypassing a career that includes connections with
Parker McCollum: Hollywood Gold
After two independently released albums, Parker McCollum’s major label debut Hollywood Gold picks up right where the Austin-by-way-of-Conroe songwriter left
Mickey Guyton: Bridges
Mickey Guyton has had a recording contract with Universal Music Group for more than 10 years, which was signed on
B L A C K I E: Face the Darkness
You’d think a global pandemic and the shutdown of the touring entertainment industry could bring almost any independent musician to
Sarah Jarosz: World on the Ground
Jarosz’s fifth album was released in June, not long after the world shut down, and the moody uncertainty and disquiet
Warlung: Optical Delusions
In a state as gifted with heavy psych and doom bands as Texas, it’s pretty easy for any given group
Jess Williamson: Sorceress
“That’s what I get for giving,” Jess Williamson sings on “Smoke,” the opening track from her smoldering album Sorceress. It’s
Steve Earle & The Dukes: J.T.
More proof that artists are different than you and me: Mere days after his son Justin Townes Earle died of
Lucinda Williams: Good Souls Better Angels
Admittedly, this won’t ever be the go-to Lucinda Williams album to prove her bona fides as one of the best
Simon Flory: Haul These Blues Away
Hailing out of Fort Worth, Simon Flory is a songwriter who, thankfully, harkens back to way before the days of
Charley Crockett: Welcome to Hard Times
Anybody who thinks “they don’t make country music like they used to” just hasn’t spent enough time finding Charley Crockett.
The Chicks: Gaslighter
It was the best of timing, it was the worst of timing. For fans of the formerly known as
Brennen Leigh: Prairie Love Letter
It’s mystifying that this is the first solo record of original material by Leigh since 2010’s The Box —
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