Like Honeyhoney itself, First Rodeo is hard to classify. It simmers then boils; it whispers then howls. Throughout, Santo delivers stunning performances that will make you wonder why the hell you haven't heard of her yet.
He’s one of Nashville’s most gifted songwriters, equally adept at penning heart tuggers and barn burners.
"We’re together, like two names carved in an oak tree. And we want to be together for a long time."
"Modern country music has become like McDonald’s. Yeah, over a billion served. But is it the best cheeseburger?"
For some years now, this humble opinionista has found himself deeply alarmed about the increasing weightlessness of rock and roll. As Elvis Costello pleaded more than 30 years ago: Where are the strong? Who are the trusted? Where is the harmony? The first flowering of my budding obsession with rock and roll came as July melted […]
It is inevitable that all dual-gender vocal harmony groups will be compared to Fleetwood Mac. Those comparisons, of course, are often fueled by the artists themselves–in...
There was a time not long ago when it would have been pretty easy to assert that that Bruce was the best songwriter in the Robison...
A lot of hideous genre labels have been thrown at Brighton (England)-based trio Esben and the Witch—trendy critic stuff like “witch-house,” “dubstep,” and “goth.” I get the...
That Billy Ray Cyrus will forever be defined by “Achy Breaky Heart” is one of music’s small but enduring injustices. That infamous novelty hit—an absolute monstrosity...
