Steven Rafferty

Afton Wolfe “Petronius’ Last Meal” (Twangri-La Records, 2020)

August 6, 2020 Steven Rafferty 0

You won’t find the feel-good hit of the summer on Afton Wolfe’s debut EP. But it’s a pretty safe bet that feel-good hits weren’t high on the list of priorities that he had for this project. […]

Charley Crockett “Welcome to Hard Times” (Son of Davy/Thirty Tigers, 2020)

July 28, 2020 Steven Rafferty 1

If you’ve been looking for something new to listen to, but you aren’t quite sure where to turn then there’s good news. Charley Crockett’s self-professed goal for his new album was to “make an album that […]

Classic Americana Compilations: Various Artists “Songs for Slim: Rockin’ Here Tonight – A Benefit Compilation for Slim Dunlap” (New West Records, 2013)

July 28, 2020 Steven Rafferty 3

If you remember the 1980s – and I can think of several reasons why you wouldn’t, not the least of which is the ever-expanding possibility that you weren’t even alive yet – then you probably remember […]

Prinz Grizzley “To My Green Mountains Home” (DoWhWa Records, 2020)

June 30, 2020 Steven Rafferty 0

Egg, Austria isn’t someplace that you would expect to be the launchpad for an album that sounds like it was born somewhere exactly halfway between Memphis and Nashville. But geography isn’t the only reason that listeners […]

AmericanA to Z: Brittany Howard

June 23, 2020 Steven Rafferty 0

There have been some pretty impressive entries in the AmericanA to Z feature under the letter “H” already. We’ve had Ed Hamell and Emmylou Harris. It’s a letter so loaded down with talent that no-less-than Ray […]