The newest album from Demi Lovato, Dancing with the Devil… The Art of Starting Over, has been preceded by a series of memorable headlines in recent weeks, undoubtedly framing how the child actress turned pop star’s album is received far before anyone heard the project in its entirety. Dancing…

For those familiar with the themes of the music of Carrie Underwood, it comes as no surprise that she’s finally decided to record an album of gospel standards. Her newest album, My Savior, uses tinges of country and pop to fill out the album of traditional hymns, carried mostly by Underwood’s…

Ben Howard’s newest album, Collections From The Whiteout, is an outstanding collection of songs. On the London native’s fourth album, he explores both an introspective personal journey from the last few years and retells a series of absurd stories from which he drew inspiration. What results is a stunning set of minimalist…

Sycco (Sasha McLeod), courtesy. While the U.S., Europe and much of the rest of the world devastated by COVID-19 are just beginning to see the end of the dark pandemic tunnel, Brisbane, Australia native Sasha McLeod, who performs as Sycco (pronounced psycho), already has a 12-date spring tour planned starting…

Loretta Lynn, “Still Woman Enough.” Country icon Loretta Lynn is about to release her 50th solo studio album and one thing that remains obvious, at 88-years-old, is that she’s still a reigning queen in country music. She sets out to prove just that on Still Woman Enough, inspired by the…

Grouplove, “This is This.” It’s hard to come up with a more matter-of-fact way of responding to how the pandemic threw off everyone’s plans last year than the surprise  Grouplove release of This is This. The newest record from the band was announced Wednesday alongside the lead single—coming within one…

“We’re like baseball and hotdogs/ You’re Ferris Bueller and I’m your day off,” sings Rachael Price of Lake Street Dive on “Know That I Know,” possibly the best lyric to encapsulate the mood and style the band’s crafted on its newest album, Obviously. From start to finish, the record…

Few pop stars in recent years have teased an album for as long as Zara Larsson. But today, nearly two-and-a-half years after lead single “Ruin My Life,” Poster Girl has arrived, and the wait was worth it. Following her 2017 international breakthrough with So Good, her third album is…

Willie Nelson, “That’s Life.” Just shy of two and a half years since Willie Nelson last covered Frank Sinatra on My Way, his take on the Great American Songbook, he’s geared up for That’s Life—a collection dedicated completely to his former collaborator and friend. With his iconic marbly and twangy voice,…

Julien Baker has never been one to shy away from depicting dramatic and intimate parts of life in her music. Since her 2015 debut, Sprained Ankle, her vices, addiction and sexuality have featured heavily into her work and are ever apparent on her new album, Little Oblivions. But unlike the previous…