Sep 18, 2019 | Barnes Brothers - Results, Bible & Tire - Results, Elizabeth King - Results, No Depression
New Label Bible & Tire Serves Up Newly Minted and Vintage Gospel Soul “Elizabeth King missed her blastoff. Forty years ago, she was on the launchpad, fueled up and ready to go, but because of circumstances beyond her control she never achieved...
Sep 10, 2019 | Barnes Brothers - Results, Bible & Tire - Results, Elizabeth King - Results, NPR
‘It’s Soul Music Without The Sex’: Fat Possum Records’ Bruce Watson Goes Gospel “For the label’s new recordings, Watson produced the Sensational Barnes Brothers himself, at Delta-Sonic Sound studios in Memphis.” | Read More...
Aug 22, 2019 | American Songwriter, Justin Peter Kinkel Schuster - Results
Hear the Hopeful New Album Take Heart, Take Care “In 2016, Kinkel-Schuster released a solo album called Constant Stranger and, in 2018, teamed up with Centro-matic’s Will Johnson for an arresting art-rock project called Marie/Lepanto.” | Read More at...
Aug 12, 2019 | Ward Hayden - Results, Wide Open Country
Song Premiere: Lively Cover of ‘The Promised Land’ “Ward Hayden and the Outliers put their own spin on American classics on their forthcoming album Can’t Judge a Book.” | Read More at Wide Open...
Aug 6, 2019 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results, NPR
Ibrahim Is Deeply Rooted Yet Sounds Like No One Else “The latest album from the 84-year-old South African composer and pianist showcases his work as a master composer of melodic mood pieces.” | Read More at...
Jul 31, 2019 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results, New York Times
A Lifetime of Dreams and Resistance at the Piano “The South African musician formed the Jazz Epistles and got a boost from Duke Ellington. Now 84, he is a Jazz Master and still a vital force onstage.” | Read More at...
Jul 23, 2019 | American Songwriter, Kevin Gordon - Results
Kevin Gordon: Tilt and Shine “It’s another example of why he’s one of America’s finest, most literary and talented musicians.” | Read More at American...
Jul 5, 2019 | MMRF - Results, Washington Post
“Their ancestral cultures have been oppressed and forbidden, and yet they rise up singing” “For at least 30 years, Duffy has been working alongside roots musicians from the American South. “Blue Muse” brings together a collection of tintype portraits...
Jun 24, 2019 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results, Wall Street Journal
A Jazz Master Continues to Grow “On his first album in five years, the pianist finds yet more surprising pleasures in his signature blend of South African music and American jazz.” | Read More at...
Jun 24, 2019 | Billboard, Crosstown Arts - Results
Wilco’s Pat Sansone Explores Cult Favorite Instrument on ‘Mellotron Variations’ Project “Though Wilco is gearing up for its next album, due out in early fall, Sansone is hoping Mellotron Variations will be an ongoing concern.” | Read...
Apr 2, 2019 | Bitter Southerner, MMRF - Results
Searching for High John “High John the Conqueror, a man in full, has walked through the annals of African American folklore for centuries.” | Read More at Bitter...
Mar 31, 2019 | AP, MMRF - Results
American roots musicians get tintype portraits at museum “Alabama Slim, Little Freddie King, and Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen are among musicians whose portraits will be shown April 25 through July 28 at the New Orleans Museum of Art.” | Read More at...
Mar 28, 2019 | MMRF - Results, Paste
Exclusive: Timothy Duffy Captures the Southern Musical Tradition with Blue Muse Photography Book “Acclaimed photographer and Music Maker Relief Foundation founder Timothy Duffy is releasing a new book of photography titled Blue Muse.” | Read More at...
Mar 25, 2019 | Rebecca Loebe - Results, Rolling Stone
Rebecca Loebe, “Growing Up” “‘Growing Up’ finds her outlining a woman’s struggle in a man’s world, mixing resilience, empowerment and just a bit of pissed-off punch into the same quiet anthem..” | Read More at Rolling...
Feb 28, 2019 | Relix, Willie Farmer - Results
New album out March 1 via Big Legal Mess “Today we offer a sneak peek of the effort, which showcases Farmer’s gritty blues approach as he honors longtime influences like Lightnin’ Hopkins and Howlin’ Wolf.” | Read More at...
