WAYNE GRAHAM BASTION WATERLOO RECORDS No, Wayne Graham is not a singer-songwriter, nor is he a single person (in this case at least)—Wayne Graham is a band from Kentucky, and Bastion is their ninth and latest album. The quartet picked the band [...]
BOB SUMNER SOME PLACE TO REST EASY NORTH COUNTRY COLLECTIVE/FLUFF & GRAVY As an artist, there are two ways to go about tackling Americana music- you can play it straight, picking up the traditional elements (country, folk, other roots forms) [...]
MO KENNEY FROM NOWHERE INDEPENDENT Mo Kenney (they/them) is up to their fifth album titled From Nowhere. Yet, from wherever that is, Juno-nominated songwriter’s music here is coming from somewhere good. Presenting all the usual as well as [...]
DAVID LUNING LESSONS INDEPENDENT Yet another Americana artist? Well, yes and no really, as Americana as a genre has long been an expanding musical category that includes so many disparate musical elements that often don’t have much in [...]
MOLCHAT DOMA BELAYA POLOSA SACRED BONES Intriguing is the word that better describes Molchat Doma’s new album Belaya Polosa. The Belarusian post-punk band comes back with its distinctive brutalist vibe that not only is appreciated in the artwork [...]
SUUNS THE BREAKS JOYFUL NOISE RECORDINGS SUNNS are based in Montreal, and consist of Ben Shemie, Joseph Yarmush, and Liam O’Neill. The Breaks is their sixth studio album and their first since 2021’s The Witness. Since 2010, the band has [...]
IAMX FAULT LINES2 UNFALL IAMX’s newest album, Fault Lines2, explores a vast range of emotions, and, in turn, adds to one’s experience of life through his creations. This compilation of songs exudes feelings of passion, brought forward through [...]
CHICK COREA TRILOGY (DELUXE EDITION) CONCORD JAZZ Originally released in 2013 and 2019, respectively, Trilogy and Trilogy 2 are a pair of modern jazz masterpieces from Chick Corea and his magnificent trio, consisting of drummer Brian Blade and [...]
