Wrangled feels like an antidote to some of the more testosterone-driven material coming out of Nashville.
Close Ties tells the story of a life, and it does so unflinchingly.
Mental Illness is one of Mann’s most ravishing and affecting hymns to solitude.
With We All Want the Same Things, Craig Finn sounds as comfortable as ever in his own skin.
A triumph of form, The Order of Time is a completely idiosyncratic take on American roots music.
Rhiannon Giddens’s Freedom Highway, is awash with history, with stories carried down through bloodlines.
As with so many jam-oriented albums, Got Soul leans heavily on the genre’s clichés.
Little Fictions distinguishes itself as an Elbow album not quite like any other.
Tift Merritt’s new album, Stitch of the World, makes it just a little bit easier to believe that scars do heal.
At 10 tracks and 44 minutes, this largely featureless album is compact, disciplined, and low on flash.