Some music makes you feel like you’ve walked into the middle of something old. Not old like…
Jamie Reeves grew up listening to country radio on long drives through rural Tennessee, and never lost his ear for a song that tells the truth plainly. He writes about country, Americana, and folk music - the kind of stuff built on real life and real heartbreak. When he is not breaking down lyrics, he is probably on a back porch somewhere with a cold drink.
Snow falls on Sürmene. That’s the image at the heart of this piece, and it doesn’t need…
Two men stepping into a verbal ring, trading words sharp enough to cut glass. That’s the beating…
Some music carries homesickness the way a coat carries cold. You bring it inside and it takes…
Some music makes you feel homesick for a place you’ve never been. That’s the particular trick Marc…
Some music is postcards. Some music is roots pulled up from the ground and held out for…
Longing has a sound before it has words. That’s the only way to explain what this two-and-a-half…
Longing has a geography. Sometimes it’s a town on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. Sometimes it’s…
Some music doesn’t need three verses and a chorus to say something that matters. A taksim, the…