Articles by Dylan Barnabe
'COWBOY CARTER' Ain't Beyoncé's First Rodeo
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2024
Nobody puts Beyoncé in a corner — It's a lesson the gatekeepers of country music learned the hard way this past weekend. Inspired by the...
Chastity Belt Embrace Sincerity on 'Live Laugh Love'
PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2024
Live, Laugh, Love — a throwaway joke that became real somewhere along the line. The trite saying has long been the subject...
Five Must-See Acts at Boots and Hearts 2024
PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2024
Every August, scores of fans dust off their cowboy boots and bolo ties to make the pilgrimage to Burl's Creek, ON, for the Boots and Hearts...
Sade's Best 15 Songs Ranked
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2023
Few artists have managed to achieve stardom with a single name: Prince, Madonna, Adele, Cher, Bono. And then there is the original smooth o...
Chris Stapleton Is for Everyone on 'Higher'
PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2023
Chris Stapleton was writing music in Nashville decades before he ventured out on his own in 2015 with Traveller. Since then, Stapleton has...
Blonde Redhead Are Inquisitive and Inviting on 'Sit Down for Dinner'
PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2023
Blonde Redhead invite you to share a meal on Sit Down for Dinner. Kazu Makino and twin brothers Amedeo and Simone Pace return with the band...
The xx's Romy Is Enjoying Life — and She's Here to Help You Do the Same
PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2023
Romy Madley Croft wants you to enjoy your life and know that she's enjoying hers. The typically private member of the xx, whose presence ha...
Romy Invites You to Cry on the Dance Floor with 'Mid Air'
PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2023
In the mid-2000s, Romy Madley Croft made a name for herself as a member of the three-pronged London band the xx, alongside bandmates Jamie...