Articles by Anthony Easton

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  Old Dominion

  Happy Endings

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2017

  Happy Endings, the new Old Dominion record, begins with tight harmonies and handclaps. The lyrics to opener "No Such Thing as a Broken Hear...

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  Tom Russell

  Play One More - The Songs of Ian and Sylvia

  PUBLISHED May 19, 2017

  Tom Russell was as integral to the revival of cowboy singing and its emergence from the folk revivals of the 1960s as Ian Tyson.   Russell,...

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  Chris Stapleton

  From a Room: Volume 1

  PUBLISHED May 12, 2017

  In 1928, Jimmie Rodgers recorded a song called "T for Texas." It was talking blues, but its use of yodelling, how it ran through the banjo,...

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  Bonnie "Prince" Billy

  Best Troubador

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2017

  On first listen, I was frustrated that Will Oldham took over Merle Haggard's tunes without attempting his trademark voice. But if we think...

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  Angaleena Presley

  Wrangled

  PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2017

  A few years ago, between the Pistol Annies and her debut solo album, Angaleena Presley delivered a one-two punch of working class solidarit...

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  Lindi Ortega

  'Til the Going Gets Gone

  PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2017

  On her new four-track EP 'Til the Going Gets Gone, Lindi Ortega demonstrates she's learned how to constrain her previous excesses in ways t...

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  Hurray for the Riff Raff

  The Navigator

  PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2017

  One of the goals of Hurray for the Riff Raff's lead singer Alynda Segarra is remaking folk music for the politics and desires of the curren...

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  Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives

  Way Out West

  PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2017

  Marty Stuart's new album is technically immaculate, showcasing both an expansive formalism and a decorative beauty. The album argues about...