Key Change: Kathleen Edwards gets some distance from twang — no offense — and makes an album with Bon Iver (Playing Saturday, 28th at Exit/In)
Boy From Alabama: Jason Isbell goes it alone — just him, his guitar and a perfect song or two — in Franklin (Playing Friday, 27th at Franklin Theater)
Spirit of ’66: With the release of her 1966, the songs of late, great folkie Karen Dalton are given new life (1966 was released Jan. 24 via Delmore Recording Society)
Swank’s Guide to the Hate Life: A hardened rock 'n' roller doles out pearls of wisdom to the local rock set
In The Spin: Graveyard and Radio Moscow at Exit/In, Mercy Lounge's Ninth Anniversary Celebration with How I Became the Bomb and more
Plus Critics’ Picks on Gray, N!tro, Kaby and Classic Williams, Gretchen Peters’ album release, April Caspari’s album release, Hate Life feat. Puffy Areolas, Cheap Time and more, The Boom Bap’s Fourth Anniversary, Nicolay and the Hot at Nights, Steve Cross’s 8 off 8th and more