Helen Jones

More People Should Really Know About: Rett Madison

December 2, 2025 Helen Jones 0

The journey of how one artist leads you to another is really quite a magical thing. Take how I made it to Rett Madison for example: after hearing rave reviews for Ruston Kelly’s debut album, I […]

Courtney Hartman “With You”

November 17, 2025 Helen Jones 0

Gentle meditations on motherhood offer a rare vulnerability that hits heavy. Courtney Hartman’s previous album, 2021’s “Glade”, was very much a solitary affair – Hartman recorded the bulk of it alone as she lived in a […]

The Autumn Defense “Here and Nowhere”

October 15, 2025 Helen Jones 0

A welcome return that proves the band haven’t lost their touch after over a decade away. While the last 11 years have felt long for all of us, they have felt even longer for fans of […]

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Helen Jones

September 25, 2025 Helen Jones 2

What makes a truly great song? This is the question I had to wrestle with when compiling this list of what I believe to be the best Americana songs of all time. As I was putting […]

John Calvin Abney “Transparent Towns”

September 22, 2025 Helen Jones 0

Abney poetically channels invaluable self-insight in a way that gives it universal meaning. The sad truth about memory is that it’s inherently unreliable: when you access it, you’re not remembering the event itself so much as […]