Essentials: The Top 10 Country Albums Every Music Fan Should Own
While several of our selections are established classics, recorded decades ago, there are a few surprises here.
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Brothers Brown ‘Dusty Road’ Album Review
Brothers Brown are a group of four veteran consummate musicians who craft an auspicious debut with Dusty Road on Funky Joint Records distributed by 335 Records. This brotherly effort blends strains of soulful b...
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Best Debut Album of 2015: Chris Stapleton ‘Traveller’
Great songwriting teamed with powerful, emotional vocals make this an unforgettable debut album.
The 10 Best Contemporary Albums of 2015
It was an outstanding year for music, particularly in the Contemporary Pop/Rock/Folk categories. We highlight our faves in the first of our Year End Review series.
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First Steps: Rumer ‘Seasons of My Soul’
If this debut album signalled anything about Rumer's future, it was that there is still an audience for natural, uncontrived and unprocessed singing.
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Bob Dylan, ‘Another Self Portrait (1969-71)’
'Self-Portrait': Bob Dylan's first "rough patch" gets the archival treatment. His worst album? Hold your tongue until you've heard these recordings.
Steely Dan: Timeless, Brilliant and Deranged
No songwriting duo ever constructed a more perfect cage for their session musicians than Fagen and Becker.
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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – 40th Anniversary
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the tragic maritime accident commemorated in Gordon Lightfoot's unforgettable ballad.