Country Music Reviews

Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days

This is a stone-cold, instant classic – one that should cement Carlile and her collaborators at the forefront of the warm embrace of mainstream Americana.

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Charley Crockett - Music City USA

It’s tricky to pick one singular track to return to after the 50-minute album is complete. It’s once again an all-killer-no-filler album, Crockett keeping up his extraordinary run of matching quantity with quality, all garnished with an endearing, “aw-shucks” vibe.

Album - Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers - Ramble in Music City

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Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers - Ramble in Music City: The Lost Concert

A stunning live recording that helps solidify the importance of the three-year stint of the Nash Ramblers, adding another notch to Harris’ impressive belt that every Emmylou enthusiast - and even those that aren’t - will treasure.

Album - James McMurty - The Horses and the Hounds

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James McMurtry - The Horses and the Hounds

James McMurtry has always been one of Americana’s finest artists, but with The Horses and the Hounds, he even bests his previous work for an album undoubtedly on the shortlist as one of 2021’s finest.

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Leah Blevins - First Time Feeling

It won’t take long to realize that with First Time Feeling, singer/songwriter Leah Blevins has released one of the most impressive debuts in recent memory.

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Yola - Stand for Myself

Relish in one of contemporary music’s most dynamic voices at the peak of her songwriting powers and soul saturated vocal intensity.