While more under the radar in the “grizzled, bearded, singer-songwriter” realm of artists like Ray LaMontagne and Iron & Wine, the especially crusty Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (aka Will Oldham) nonetheless maintains a position near the center of the alt.country universe. Analogies should veer from the galactic, however, because Oldham’s work is heavily based in soil, [...]

Elvis Perkins is back with a full band and eponymous sophomore release, Elvis Perkins in Dearland. The follow-up to his his achingly sparse debut, Ash Wednesday, Dearland features a full band, fleshing out richer arrangements to Perkins’ beautiful songwriting.
The album gets a full release March 10, but is available today exclusively through Amie Street as [...]

A few of us here at Stranger Dance fled the DC area to get away from politics, but even we’ve gotten caught up this election season. Having said that, I’ll be happy when it’s all over and we can start moving forward.
However, if you just can’t get enough of this battle, you can even check [...]