By Alan RichardJun 113 minJON BYRD'S HARD, POST-PUNK COUNTRY One of Nashville’s best hard-country artists, Jon Byrd also seamlessly incorporates 1980s and 90s jangle rock, alternative, and even...
By Alan RichardMar 418 minCHANGE MAKERS: MY FAVORITES FROM 2023 Something changed in roots music in the past year. If many artists hadn’t yet turned their focus to social-justice issues, the attacks on...
By Alan RichardAug 24, 20238 minQUEEN ESTHER SHINES ON STAGE, PREVIEWS SONGS ON NEXT ALBUMNEW YORK — Queen Esther’s remarkable voice and musical range was on full and splendid display at her album-release show here at Joe’s Pub...
By Alan RichardJun 3, 202314 minQUEEN ESTHER'S RHAPSODY OF LOSS, LOVE I’ve never met an artist quite like Queen Esther, and I bet you haven’t either. The, vocalist, musician, songwriter, producer, solo...