Articles by Dylan Barnabe
Lucinda Williams's 'Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart' Are Tales to Live By
PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2023
Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart, Lucinda Williams's latest, is just that — all heart. In 2020, at the age of 67, the legendary songwriter...
Wednesday Find Heart and Humour in Life's Darkest Moments
PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2023
Turns out you can go home again. On Rat Saw God, Wednesday's fifth album, the North Carolina quintet mine the collective pitfalls and bless...
Jess Williamson Explores the Corporeal and Sublime on 'Time Ain't Accidental'
PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2023
For a split second, as Time Ain't Accidental's title track gets underway, you might think of early Taylor Swift. The unassuming country aff...
'Could Have Done Anything' Places Charlotte Cornfield Among Canada's Great Storytellers
PUBLISHED May 11, 2023
Once described by Rolling Stone as "Canada's best-kept secret," Charlotte Cornfield may struggle to hold onto that mercurial anonymity foll...
Wednesday Level Up Once Again on the Bruising 'Rat Saw God'
PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2023
Today's new music Friday belongs to Wednesday. The Asheville quintet's signature brand of '90s shoegaze-meets-grunge-meets-country makes a...
In the House: How Drake and Beyoncé Led a Dance Music Renaissance in 2022
PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2022
First it was Drake, whose surprise seventh album Honestly, Nevermind brought house, ampiano and Baltimore club beats to the fore. Then, a m...
On 'Save the Baby,' Enumclaw Turn Dreams into Reality
PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2022
Self-described via their cheeky Twitter bio as the "Best Band Since Oasis," Enumclaw are boldly staking their claim as the next big thing i...
Plains Traverse Life's Highways on the Beautiful 'I Walked with You a Ways'
PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2022
The country ingenue to pop star pipeline is well documented, but the indie darling to country songbird less so — Jess Williamson and Waxaha...