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Hipsters love to the throw the term “dad rock” around as a way to disparage mature music with strong songwriting and little pretense. Could Isaac Alexander be classified as “dad rock"...

Andrew Bird is one of the most innovative and consistently amazing talents in American music today. A songwriter/violinist/multi-instrumentalist, he has spent well over a decade honing his craft...

In 2010, Mumford and Son’s debut “Sign No More” did something seemingly impossible. They broke through mainstream rock radio without sounding like Nickelback or griping about...

It’s been four years since singer/songwriter Ben Taylor released a full-length album. The good news is, Listening is worth the wait. Taylor, son of music royalty James Taylor...

It’s rare that a songwriter who has entered the third decade of her career can craft the best album of her entire catalogue. However, Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) has managed to do just that...

Imagine that in the early ‘70s Bruce Springsteen fled Ashbury Park and headed to England where he teamed up with The Clash to form a super group of epic proportions...

Apple continues her evolution from a young, sultry siren full of anguish to an ambitious songwriter intent on pushing the boundaries of her art form. Despite the ridiculous name...

All you had to do to sell me on Kin was tell me that Mary Karr helped singer/songwriter Rodney Crowell write it. Karr is the author of The Liars Club and Lit, two memoirs so brutal and beautifully written that...

Counting Crows are in a precarious situation, caught between staying commercially viable and pleasing the hardcore fan base. Previous albums like...