Birmingham-bred, Nashville-based The Brook & the Bluff arrived at Chelsea Studios NYC as a trio for their No Depression Session, with vocal harmonies locked in tight from a decade of daily use.

All three songs in this session come from their recent rele...

Mikaela Davis has never been a stranger to transformation. She’s tried on hazy pop, whimsical folk, jam band grooves, and now, donning a bejeweled Western suit, finds herself fusing all these sounds and more on Graceland Way, her latest album. But don’t be fooled by the ‘fit, since Graceland Way is not a country—or even a cosmic country—album. It is cosmic b...

Fantastic Cat is a sort-of New York City super-group composed of four would be singer-songwriter stars: Anthony D’Amato, Brian Dunn, Don DiLego and Mike Montali (of Hollis Brown). They regularly wear cat masks in photos and readily acknowledge their commercial limitations; the joke is in part that their retro-70s folk rock is not the stuff of superstardom these days and that ...

Brown Horse’s first two albums, 2024’s Reservoir and 2025’s All the Right Weaknesses, established the band’s presence in the world of country rock. With their latest set, Total Dive, they further hone and occasionally perfect their MO. The mixes are more lushly arranged. Patrick Turner’s vocals are consistently nuanced. Enchanting melodies emerge th...

What is real love? What’s the difference between “good” love and “bad” love? Pondering these and other knotty questions, the Canada-bred, Nashville-based Tenille Townes makes her escape from the major-label scene on The Acrobat, a terrific act of creative transformation. This remarkable album strips her music down to its bare essentials, offering a thoughtful and oft...