“American Kid”
Patty Griffin
Patty Griffin’s seventh album, “American Kid,” offers a splendid blend of roots music. Griffin said this work, which arrived May 7, is dedicated to the memory of her father. She discovered he was dying as she started to make the collection.
The material here is...
Kacey Musgraves
“Same Trailer Different Park”
The meat of the matter is that Kacey Musgraves is a songwriter first.
The 24-year-old East Texas-born Musgraves was fortunate to be mentored in her early years by Texas troubadour Radney Foster.
She later landed in Nashville, Tenn., where...
Adrienne Pierce
“My Heavens”
You may have heard Vancouver, British Columbia, native Adrienne Pierce on one of several television shows’ soundtracks, including “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Veronica Mars,” “The L Word” and “The Hills.”
Pierce, who now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and musical...
Polkastra
“ ‘I Do’: The Wedding Album”
If you’d like to serenade your Valentine in a way they’ll never expect, think polka. Or at least Polkastra, a septet of artists led by violinist Lara St. John.
St. John is a widely lauded Canadian classical violinist, famous as much for...
Mary Gauthier
“Live at Blue Rock”
With her 50th year, confessional singer/songwriter Mary Gauthier (Go-shay) delivers her first live album. It might seem late in life for that milestone, yet Gauthier, who had some hard-lived younger years, only started recording at age 35.
Her patience has...
