Album Review: Laura Veirs Balances Anxiety and Comfort on “My Echo”

Like the best folk singers, Laura Veirs is appealing in her consistency and reliability. Her latest album, My Echo, is a concise album with plenty of lyrics illustrating feelings of anxiety and bittersweet nostalgia. Fortunately, because of her clear vocals, earthy…

Music Review: Neko Case – “Hell-On”

Neko Case’s last solo album, 2013’s The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You, was the artistic culmination of an extended bout of depression. Similarly, Hell-On, her recently released eighth studio…

Album Review: Laura Veirs – “The Lookout”

Laura Veirs knows who she is and what she does, and with The Lookout she returns after a long solo absence sounding as polished and assured as ever. Aside from her participation in the case/lang/veirs triangle that produced 2016’s case/lang/veirs…