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Teeming with roots and with alternative country oozing from every note, Kathleen Edwards could easily be compared to fellow Canadian Sarah Harmer, ... More

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Kathleen Edwards' 2005 album Back to Me was the sort of record that grows and reveals new secrets each time you gave it a listen, so it's tempting ... More

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On her 2007 debut, Lissie's songwriting sometimes struggled to keep up with her voice. The two share more equal footing throughout Why You Runnin', a ... More

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Judging from the songs on Kathleen Edwards' sophomore album, Back to Me, this is one gal who's had some unpleasant run-ins with Cupid over the years, ... More

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Haw is Hiss Golden Messenger's second offering for Paradise of Bachelors. It is titled alternately for a river in North Carolina and for a now ... More

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In which Neil Halstead is finally able to show everyone that he is the real talent of Mojave 3! Hurrah! OK, maybe not: Anyone who has looked at ... More

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McCarthy Trenching is the vehicle for Dan McCarthy, a Nebraskan who's collaborated with Bright Eyes, Tilly and the Wall, and practically everyone ... More

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Oh, My Girl, the second album by singer/songwriter Jesse Sykes and her band the Sweet Hereafter -- led by Phil Wandscher -- picks up where her debut, ... More

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On his third album, Ron Franklin is messing with the blues again, though that's hardly all he has on his mind. Ron Franklin opens with "Western ... More

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Calling something neo-classic rock might seem faintly ridiculous -- admittedly, it probably is. But the 21st century has served up a variety of those ... More

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It's easier to divine a band's musical aesthetic when their press packet opens with a quote from the death scene in novelist Paul Bowles' masterpiece ... More

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Maplewood is a low-key indie rock supergroup with members of Champale, Koester, Cub Country, and Nada Surf gathered together in the spirit of '70s ... More

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Like Dan Bern with a smaller set of pop sensibilities, Dan McCarthy pitches his speak/sing baritone against a backdrop of guitars, harmonies, barroom ... More

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A few months after releasing a split with Pontiak, Arbouretum returned, true to form, with Song of the Pearl. At first glance, it appears that very ... More

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Occasion for Song, the fifth album by the Black Swans, is haunted by absence, from its cover art depicting a diving board over a swimming pool on the ... More

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The album's title and pastoral cover image are the first signs that Idlewild's Roddy Woomble has gone folk. And yes, a majority of My Secret Is My ... More

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On her first record in six years -- and her debut for Simon Raymonde's Bella Union imprint -- Heidi Spencer & the Rare Birds don't stray far from the ... More

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One might assume that yetis would either be into Tibetan religious chants or random German art rock, but on the basis of the Brooklyn-based Maplewood ... More

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On the surface, Harlan T. Bobo's Too Much Love could seem like just another breakup record, but once the music starts, it quickly transcends such ... More

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Backed by an unusually distinguished bunch of musicians for a debut effort, Emory Joseph delivers a set of refreshing original songs, with clever ... More

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