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Amanda Shires My Piece of Land Reviewed by: Jane Roser “I remember the fire and the way it dimmed, as a fire will sometimes do.” Blasting out of the gate with a wailing electric guitar, the opening track of singer/songwriter/violinist Amanda Shires’ fifth album Read More

by Shannon Fox The 90-degree weather and the muggy July heat didn’t seem to stop fans from flooding into the Electric Factory this past Wednesday night when WXPN presented Jason Isbell and Blake Mills. Mills even went on to joke with the crowd saying, “At least it’s not hot in Read More

Jason Isbell Something More Than Free Reviewed by: Jane Roser     From cutting his teeth with the Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers and rising above his addiction demons to release one of 2013’s most critically acclaimed albums (Southeastern), singer-songwriter Read More

By Jane Roser If you have a hankering to catch Jason Isbell live, you’d better get on that the minute tickets go on sale, as this Muscle Shoals singer-songwriter has yet again been selling out shows on his tour promoting his critically acclaimed album Southeastern, Read More

Jason Isbell Southeastern Reviewed by Jane Roser     I was more excited than a cat eyeing a chenille sofa when asked to review this album. The Drive-By Truckers, the band that Jason Isbell spent six years playing with before he left to start a solo career, is one of my Read More