Sunday morning at Bonnaroo is always a little bit like a hangover. Weary worn festival goers are exhausted by 3 days of sleeping on ground, partying, and getting rocked by Bruce Springsteen (until well past midnight).  Those that stayed up for Nine Inch Nails and Ben Harper, both of whom played late night sets that […]

Your Heart Is A Glorious Machine is the second record from the trio of beautiful singer songwriters that comprise Sometymes Why.  I like the title.  Its an apt fit for this “side” project (each singer also sings for a prominent string band ensemble- Uncle Earl, Crooked Still, and the Mammals).  The idea behind Sometymes Why […]

This is the first release from Caleb Caudle featuring the Bayonets.  This is evident right from track one.  Whereas Caudle’s debut Red Bank Road , was a mostly acoustic affair of heartfelt classic Americana, Stay On uses more electric guitars and piano to create an almost R&B sound.  Luckily for the band, Caudle’s voice has […]

John Moreland is from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.  The Black Gold Band calls Tulsa, Oklahoma home.  So it isn’t that surprising that the Endless Oklahoma Sky sounds like a piece of heartland Americana rock.  What is surprising is that it peels the paint off the wall and makes John Mellencamp sound like Olivia Newton John.  These […]

Easton, Stagger, Phillips is a super group.  The good kind.  3 of the best singer-songwriters in alt. country music come together on this low key collection of originals.  Though each of the three can certainly rock out, One For the Ditch is the sound of “3 friends playing songs on the porch”.  They keep it […]