Articles by Kristin Cavoukian

Big Tobacco and the Pickers

The King is Gone

PUBLISHED May 12, 2015

It's easy to lose faith in country music these days. Overprocessed and underwhelming, a lot of it's downright awful. Once in a while, thoug...

Mandolin Orange

Such Jubilee

PUBLISHED May 1, 2015

Mandolin Orange seems to have settled, perhaps prematurely, into a cozy Americana rocking chair for two. While this is their second album s...

The Railsplitters

The Faster It Goes

PUBLISHED May 1, 2015

The most recent offering from Colorado band the Railsplitters, The Faster It Goes, serves up more of the band's winning combination of musi...

Kevin Breit

Ernesto and Delilah

PUBLISHED Apr 14, 2015

The first time I saw Kevin Breit play, I felt like my brain was melting. Known for his incredible electric guitar wizardry with Sisters Euc...

Kristin Andreassen

Gondolier

PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2015

When artists step away from more traditional string band music toward the more mainstream, folk-pop genre, it's always interesting to see w...

Punch Brothers

The Phosphorescent Blues

PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2015

Who starts an album with a ten-minute piece bordering on the rock-operatic, follows it with pop rock ballads and a bluegrass number and thr...

Alasdair Roberts

PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2015

There's something about a mid-career self-titled album that heralds an apex in the artist's creative output. Scottish singer-songwriter Ala...

Suzanne Jarvie

Spiral Road

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2014

Suzanne Jarvie's crisp, clean voice, reminiscent of Lucinda Williams', lends itself nicely to the straight-ahead Americana of her debut alb...