Category: Trax

LESLIE STEVENS, Sinner (Thirty Tigers): *** “I’m not your valedictorian/ Got no flux capacity, no...

BLUE MOON MARQUEE, Bare Knuckles & Brawn (Factor/Creative BC): ***½ A crisp showcase of the...

MAVIS STAPLES, We Get By (Anti): 3½ Among Staples’ most potent, cohesive albums, these 11 songs...

LISSIE, When I’m Alone: The Piano Retrospective (Lionboy/Cooking Vinyl): 3½ Simple piano-and-vocal...

MDOU MOCTAR, Ilana (The Creator) (Sahel Sounds): 4 Stars Guitar-centric albums like those that...

GLEN HANSARD, This Wild Willing (Anti): **** The Oscar-winning songwriter’s restlessness compels...

KINAN AZMEH, Uneven Sky (Dreyer Gaido): 4 stars Best known as part of cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road...

PATTY GRIFFIN, Patty Griffin (PGM/Thirty Tigers): **** Not since 2002’s “1000 Kisses” has Griffin...

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND, Signs  (Fantasy/Concord): **** Aside from the wow factor of their collective...

BETTER OBLIVION COMMUNITY CENTER, Better Oblivion Community Center (Dead Oceans): *** An...

ÓLAFUR ARNALDS, re:member (Mercury): **** Utilizing his algorithm-driven Stratus technology, which...

THE FLESH EATERS, I Used to Be Pretty (Yep Roc): ★★★ Chris D, Dave Alvin, Bill Bateman, John Doe,...

CEDRIC BURNSIDE, Benton County Relic (Single Lock): ***½ Recently nominated for a Best Traditional...