Before Steve Goodman landed a record deal in 1971, and a few years before his classic “City Of New Orleans” became a modern folk standard, he was already a seasoned live performer throughout his hometown of Chicago and surrounding areas.

There are seemingly infinite layers of meaning to be found in No-No Boy’s third album, Empire Electric. You can listen closely to singer-songwriter Julian Saporiti’s lyrics, which juxtapose true stories of struggle from throughout Asia and its diaspora with Saporiti’s own reckoning with intergenerational trauma. You could also let the majesty of Saporiti’s songcraft wash over you, his captivating melodies cloaking those themes in a veneer of hope and ecstasy.

The Sir Richard Bishop show is back in town, alive as ever with exotic action, plus a bit of everything but the kitchen sink. Oneiric Formulary is the sound of surprise – first Sir Rick being surprised, then us! Not simply by six-string acoustic rags ‘n ragas, but departures as well into electric guitar, keyboard tricks, avant atmosphere, and even a reedy eastern knees-up! The Bish like you've never heard him before.

“I saw a literal manifestation of the sacred feminine, and had this profound sense that I was meant to embody it,” recalls celebrated singer-songwriter Lindsay Lou after journeying through a hallucinogenic ritual that would inform the way she processed waves of grief in the sea of change ahead of her.

Music is a conduit for the weightiest of messages and for the most delicate dance of sentiment, and The Furious Seasons have mastered both realms.

On May 15, Jason Isbell and his wife, singer-songwriter/fiddler Amanda Shires played a concert at a mostly empty Brooklyn Bowl Nashville to celebrate the release of the Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit album, Reunions. Isbell and Shires just put out a live recording of their main set from May 15th exclusively via Bandcamp as Reunions: Live At Brooklyn Bowl Nashville.

Blanco White is the guise of guitarist, singer and songwriter Josh Edwards, a Brit whose heart belongs in southern Spain and the Andean mountains. In the former, Josh fell for flamenco. In the latter, he learnt charango. Both are pivotal to Blanco White’s otherworldly tunes.

Casey Neill & The Norway Rats are a crack gang of musicians from Portland Oregon. Their sound combines high energy diesel fueled rave-ups and haunting ballads. Neill's weather beaten narratives celebrate miscreants, and explore the hidden corners of the American landscape.

Joan Chandos Baez [dəə ˈn ˈbaɪəz] (born January 9, 1941 in New York City) is an American folk singer and guitarist, civil rights activist, pacifist and environmental activist.

Anticipated album release of Coyote Mother, featuring the incredible talent of Erin Williams Banks. Get ready to be blown away by her soulful voice and mesmerizing melodies!

On September 22, Anna Ternheim releases the album Before the Dawn, a cover album containing a total of five songs. The album began when Anna was still living in New York when the pandemic hit and paralyzed an entire world. The streets were empty and there was a generally eerie atmosphere. Then and there the idea of a cover album was born.

Sequana is the tenth album by Franco-Algerian singer-songwriter Souad Massi. If her music was previously coloured with folk and chaabi, the sound palette broadens here as far as the Sahel, the Caribbean and Brazil, with Justin Adams (Rachid Taha, Tinariwen, Robert Plant) on production. Souad Massi continues on her path as a committed, liberated woman singing about the causes close to her heart. Sequana is a collection of ten songs, nine of which were written by her, with the intention of capturing the passage of time and that which we must strive to preserve and pass on. The album draws on a diversity of musical styles – folk, country, rock, calypso, bossa, along with sounds of the Middle East and the Algerian desert.

While deeply rooted in 1970's singer-songwriter idioms, Norwegian newcomer Mathias Angelhus aims to bring something new to the tradition. His sound is fresh, with influences from pop, rock and jazz. Always searching for the right combination of lyric and melody, he hopes to find the songs that sound both classic and brand new at the same time.

Following on from a milestone 10th album and a string of reissues from earlier in his musical journey, Bibio maintains the tradition of complementing each album with an EP. "Enter the ‘Sunbursting EP’, which exists within the same musical realm as BIB10 whilst also delving into fresh concepts and sounds. Drawing inspiration from Brazilian and yacht rock influences, a diverse array of instruments intertwine with contributions from a number of collaborators including Olivier St. Louis, Óskar Guðjónsson, Dorian Concept and more. One for the endless summer."

The American south isn't just Brent Cobb's home. It's his muse, too. A Georgia native, he fills his Grammy-nominated songwriting with the sounds and stories of an area that's been home to southern rockers, soul singers, country legends, and bluesmen. Cobb has a name for that rich tapestry of music — "southern eclectic" — and he offers up his own version of it with his newest album, Southern Star.