Highway Queens

If you’d told me a few years back that Miranda Lambert would be releasing a disco album, I’d have laughed in your face. The crazy ex-girlfriend who likes to burn stuff down? The woman who was more likely to be standing at the bar getting the drinks in than heading onto the dance floor? Miranda who released

Living in the legacy of your family can sometimes be a curse, with the nepo baby insult now being thrown around at anyone even with even the remotest connection to their respective industry. For some people nepotism suggests a kind of intervention to elevate untalented people above their station, which in most instances is just not the case. I think it’s much more interesting...

Even if you’re always listening to new music, or even if you’re a music blogger like myself, sometimes there’s an artist whose name you hear often but whose music for whatever reason you never get around to listening to. Julia Jacklin is one of those names for me. I resolved to make an effort this album cycle, after enjoying the preview songs. ‘The Gem’ was also the first new...