Most jam bands live for live performance. There are a few notable exceptions like Grateful Dead’s “American Beauty” and “Farmhouse” by Phish. However, most songs written by jam bands serve primarily as launchpads for interstellar […]

Album and song reviews
Most jam bands live for live performance. There are a few notable exceptions like Grateful Dead’s “American Beauty” and “Farmhouse” by Phish. However, most songs written by jam bands serve primarily as launchpads for interstellar […]
If it weren’t for the Philadelphia Folk Festival, I don’t know if I would’ve discovered a fraction of my favorite artists — Valerie June is one of them. The Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist released her sixth […]
Folk rock has always been my favorite kind of music. From my early years listening to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young to my love of The Weakerthans, Ben Kweller, Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes and […]
One-third of the supergroup Boygenius, Lucy Dacus is back to her solo roots in her first album since the band released its 2023 debut, “The Record.” “Forever Is A Feeling,” the fourth solo album by […]
Montréal-based electronic artist and producer Marie Davidson knows how to get my attention. “City of Clowns,” her sixth studio album released Feb. 28, 2025, on DEEWEE Records, struck me with its distinctive album cover shot […]
It always helps to find the good in a bad situation, which is exactly what Sunny War does on her latest album, “Armageddon in a Summer Dress.” Released Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, the fifth album […]
What’s old is new again as The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band breathes life into revivalist blues on “Honeysuckle.” Released Friday, Feb. 21, via Family Owned Records, the trio’s 11th album polishes their stripped-down sound […]
Love is in the air when Michael and Tanya Trotter are singing through my speakers. It’s sweet and fitting to see the husband-and-wife duo, better known as The War and Treaty, release their fourth album, […]
I’ve always appreciated hip-hop as a team sport. From my early days as a Beastie Boys and Run-DMC fan—and even before that, when Kris Kross had me jumping—I loved the camaraderie of MCs trading verses […]
As a folk music enthusiast, Bonnie “Prince” Billy has been like a ghost haunting me for the past two decades. Will Oldham, who has performed as Bonnie “Prince” Billy and various forms of Palace — […]