Jonathan Bernstein
After scoring a controversial hit with “Try That in a Small Town,” the country superstar mostly avoids politics in favor of well-wrought but standard fare.
1mo
The country superstar refuses to pick one direction on his latest, instead delivering a bit of everything he does well.
2mo
Help (2) is a gratifying follow up to its storied predecessor.
3mo
She’s as gifted as ever at Nashville songcraft — and underneath the pastel-pink hues and prom-queen problems, there’s newfound emotional complexity.
3mo
Staples transforms disparate material across genres and decades — some well known standards, some semi-obscure originals — into her most powerful statement as a solo artist in more than a decade.
7mo
It’s a frequently moving, occasionally spellbinding, and sporadically frustrating statement that represents Carlile’s finest work since By the Way.
7mo
A Nashville wildcard delivers down-home chest-thumping with a wink.
8mo
Country trailblazer's Rick Rubin-produced new album offers sonic swerves and his best songwriting yet.
10mo
Seattle indie-rock band’s new Patience, Moonbeam is sonically surprising and melodically charming.
1y
His breakout 2021 EP debut got him tagged a poet of anguish. This time he's going for something deeper.
1y
So much more than a welcome return, the Nashville duo’s latest is proof that regardless of how they want to present their music, Welch and Rawlings have more to say than ever.
1y
Country superstar remains a deft chronicler of twentysomething in-betweenness.
1y
A stray misstep or two notwithstanding, South of Here is the most fully formed and emotionally dynamic statement from Rateliff and the Night Sweats, a collection of warm reflections and meditations that aren’t bashful about wearing their influences on their sleeve.
1y
On their latest album 'The Past Is Still Alive,' Alynda Segarra integrates their many musical selves into a brilliant singer-songwriter record.
2y
Workin’ on a World is a profound protestation against the idea of giving up and giving in to the decimation and darkness that fully enshrouded DeMent after the 2016 election.
3y
It's the country singer-songwriter's most cohesive album yet.
3y
The Nashville maverick delivers his biggest, boldest statement.
6d
Even if the arrangements occasionally feel static in their mimicry, Springsteen’s voice shines and sparkles.
3y
The country star’s third album is fascinating, and proudly unresolved.
4y
Laurel Hell can feel, at first, like an impenetrable record, full of guarded gloss and pop production that feels more like cold caution than anthemic summoning.
4y
With its amped-up pop choruses, refined sense of melody, and hints of everything from Blood Orange-inspired R&B to vintage mid-century torch balladry, Valentine, indeed, opens up entire new worlds of possibilities for her.
4y
The best moments here put her own personalized spin on the well-worn cliches of the standard big-budget post-break-up purge-fest.
4y
At its heart, Sling is a record about simultaneously embracing and remaining horrified by the responsibilities and realities of growing up.
4y
