Articles by Sarah Greene

Where I Play

Jim Bryson's Fixed Hinge

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2016

Jim Bryson's excellent, long-awaited fifth album is called Somewhere We Will Find Our Place. It concerns the middle years of life; its inhe...

Cass McCombs and Beachwood Sparks Get "Skifflin' for Their Lives" as Skiffle Players

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2016

"Skifflin' is a state of being. If nothing else, let's definitely say it's a verb," "Farmer" Dave Scher tells Exclaim! on the phone from Ca...

Marlon Williams

Marlon Williams

PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2016

On his exceptional self-titled debut, New Zealand's Marlon Williams quickly establishes a classic sound that recalls a different era. Over...

Jim Bryson

Somewhere We Will Find Our Place

PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2016

"This is not a sing-along song / It will not rally anyone," Jim Bryson sings wearily on "Stuck In The Middle," a subtle standout performanc...

The Skiffle Players

Skifflin'

PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2016

Californian songwriter Cass McCombs seems to like — and excel when — playing in bands, where the collaborative groove and zeal are every bi...

Lucinda Williams

The Ghosts of Highway 20

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2016

If her underrated (but far from understated) 2014 double record Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone was a righteous country soul party, a...

Luther Wright and the Wrongs

Hearts and Lonely Hunters

PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2016

Perhaps best known for his alt-country take on Pink Floyd's The Wall (2001's epic Rebuild The Wall), Luther Wright and his band, the Wrongs...

Cass McCombs

A Folk Set Apart: Rarities, B-Sides & Space Junk

PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2015

One should know by now not to take Cass McCombs' album titles at face value, as they tend to be double entendres. A Folk Set Apart isn't re...