Motherhood in the Age of Wildfire
Courtesy our media partners High Country News, an interview with poet RACHEL RICHARDSON about her new collection,SMOTHER, reflecting on mothering in the age of wildfire
Sense and Sensibility
On COMMON SENSE GARY NICHOLSON makes good trouble and good sense in taking the measure of our times in his wise, wry and witty news songs
Bobbi Lane Offers Light in The Darkness
After losing her father and her sister within three months of each other in 2023, BOBBI LANE found strength in gospel music. In an exclusive interview with BOB MAROVICH, she tells how the music got her through.
Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks
Two extraordinary albums, one featuring prisoners at Parchman Prison, the other featuring largely Chicago gospel artists in intimate home settings
Strange Magic: Rameau Meets ABBA
Wherein Asya Fateyeva (saxophones) and Lautten Compagney Berlin create magic in teaming Jean-Philippe Rameau with ABBA.
In Heavy Rotation: Catching Up on the Blues
A sextet of 2024 blues releases new to our pages and worthy of widespread admiration...
All the Beauty Within
On his latest memorable album, MICHAEL DINALO celebrates nature and other meaningful matters.
The Force is With Them
DAVE STRYKER and arranger-conductor BRENT WALLARAB play it again, Sam, in an album of movie themes.
Of the Human Heart in Full
THE TWANGTOWN PARAMOURS return with a 'contemporary folk album' that explores the heart in full.
The Deep Roots Elite Half-Hundred, 2024 Edition
The Best of the Rest: Fifty albums that made life worth living in 2024. Blues, bluegrass, Classical, jazz, classic pop, gospel in the house.