Lucinda Williams, “Stories From a Rock N Roll Heart.” Lucinda Williams had a tough 2020. The 67-year old Grammy-winner lost her home in a tornado and later had a stroke. It impaired her motor skills on her left side, which interfered with her ability to play guitar. Williams has…

Ed Prosek, courtesy Charlotte de Bruyn. This week, we bring you Americana from Ed Prosek, synth-pop from Samantha Urbani, jazz from Steven Feifke, Latin fusion from Alfredo Rodriguez, folk from Allegra Krieger and the global rhythms of Quantic. Samantha Urbani, “More Than a Feeling” – Samantha Urbani is the…

Draag, courtesy Devonte Johnson. Draag is about as unlikely of an indie band as has ever formed. With a Mexican American guitarist raised on mariachi and an Asian American singer trained on classical piano, the band plays an intense electro-shoegaze built on droning guitars and warped tape samples. Adrian…

grentperez, courtesy Theo Batterham. He’s selling out shows from San Francisco to New York now in support of his upcoming EP When We Were Younger (out June 2), but Australian musician Grant Perez’s music career began on YouTube, where his siblings started posting videos of him singing karaoke when he was…

Meshell Ndegeocello, courtesy. This week we bring you jazz from Meshell Ndegeocello and Jon Regen, country from Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, goth-rock from Beauty in Chaos featuring Julian Shah-Tayler, folk-pop from Emile Mosseri, “weird pop” from Speelburg and Americana from Easy Dreams. Meshell Ndegeocello, “The 5th Dimension” –…

Charlie Hall, “Invisible Ink.” Charlie Hall has spent most of his music career making other people sound good. Hall is a multi-instrumentalist, but he’s best-known as the drummer for Grammy-winning band The War On Drugs. He has a reputation among other musicians as a generous support player. Now, Hall…

Feist, “Multitudes.” Leslie Feist has been feeling it all during the pandemic. Multitudes is her sixth album, and her first in six years. Inspired by the birth of her daughter and impacted by the sudden death of her father, Feist confronts her place in the world and her sense…

TELECOMS (Sean McVerry), courtesy. This week we bring you folk-pop from Tom Speight, Brit-pop-inspired rock from Telecoms, blues rock from Alexander Wren, an R&B and art-pop hybrid by Raia Was, folk rock from David Garza, alt-rock from Sir Chloe and bedroom pop by grentperez. grentperez, “Us Without Me” –…

Boygenius, “the record.” The record, the first full-length album by boygenius, starts out with a lovely, sparse, Carter-Family-style a capella harmony on “Without You Without Them.” It’s as if Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker wanted to stake their claim right up front as members of the great American…

Trapper Schoepp, courtesy Joseph Cash. This week we have Americana from Joy Oladokun, folk-country from Jaimee Harris, gospel/soul from Gabriels, folk-pop from Fenne Lily, pop rock from Daisy the Great, swamp rock from Trapper Schoepp and soulful rock from Withered Hand. Joy Oladokun, “Changes” – “Changes” is an uplifting…