If you aren’t privy to Valerie June, she is an extremely well-rounded musician who seamlessly blends folksy charm with down-to-earth blues. The Tennessee native is a poet at heart, and has been releasing music since 2006 with a Grammy nomination…
Album Review: Ryan Kennedy -“Libertine”
Québécois singer-songwriter Ryan Kennedy introduces his third studio album, Libertine, via UniforcePro. The album showcases Ryan’s evolving sound, extending past his earlier folk sound to encompass flavors of pop, as well as tangs of country, rock, and hints of ‘70s…
New Music: The Night Owls release self-titled album
Montreal-based indie/folk/rock/country duo The Night Owls drop the title track from their forthcoming self-titled debut album, slated to drop in spring 2022.
Album Review: Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit – “Reunions”
We’re lucky to have a songwriter as warm and talented as Jason Isbell to share with us his journey, a not uncommon one, of troubled young drifter and alcoholic to (relatively) contented family man, as anyone who’s followed the progress…
Album Review: Waxahatchee’s “Saint Cloud” is a folk-rock triumph
How fitting that Katie Crutchfield would release her best album in the midst of an unprecedented (in our lifetimes at least) global storm, given that her last album was called, well, Out in the Storm. Of course, Crutchfield conceived and recorded Saint…
Book Review: A Cowboy’s Sweetheart by Crista McHugh
We’re heading to the country, folks, as we dive into one of this summer’s upcoming romances: Crista McHugh’s A Cowboy’s Sweetheart. McHugh’s novel throws us into the upper-class and highly accommodated world of Kensington “Kensi” Pope, a spoiled rich girl…
Album Review: Willie Nelson – “Last Man Standing”
This site is called The Young Folks – and it makes sense for youngsters to write music reviews, seeing as how most of the vital music produced at any given time is made by Young Folks. But not all of…