Amy Martin -- Bones Amy Martin is so frank and sincere in her grief-filled album Bones, you may need to take a break, writes Stefanie Cuthbert
Creekbed Carter Hogan -- Peasant's Revolt Creekbed Carter gives us one of the most important albums of the year with Peasant's Revolt, a winding exploration of the self, oppression, history, and the balm for all of it: hot dogs.
Aaron Lee Tasjan - Get Over It, Underdog Bee Delores reviews Aaron Lee Tasjan's latest, Get Over It, Underdog. Tasjan gets at the core of our collective tensions, Delores writes, but the album could have used some editing.
Allison Russell - In the Hour of Chaos Allison Russell gives us a reprieve from the contamination of today's world on her new album In the Hour of Chaos. Bee Delores writes that it allows us to find ourselves again.
C.C. Trubiak -- Jukebox in Exile On Jukebox in Exile, C.C. Trubiak spins classic country gold with songs that are never too reverent for the past -- but instead connect us to those who came before, and those who will come.
Amelia Day -- EGO TRIP Amelia Day revels in dropping some serious dead weight on her new EP EGO TRIP -- and the distortion-infused honky-tonk makes it an enjoyable ride for the rest of us.
River Shook - River Shook River Shook's solo debut makes the listener ache and feel every twinge of anger, sadness, joy, and love with the heat of a thousand searing cattle irons, writes Bee Delores.