Out Of The Box Cd Of The Week With Paul Shugrue

Their ninth album is a self titled collection of grand musical statements, making up for the long wait of six years between albums when they didn’t know whether they would even be a band again.

"Georgia Blue" has him fulfilling a promise he made during the last election that if Georgia went Democrat he would record an album of covers paying tribute to the Peach State's musical heritage.

“Play Loud” has the band not only rocking loudly but moving beyond their blues based roots to a newer sounding rock and roll vibe.

“Rhythm of the Roads” is the second album from this Hampton Roads-based singer song-writer. The band he has assembled just plain make the songs move.

“The Velvet Underground & Nico” came out in 1967 and “I’ll Be Your Mirror”is a new, song for song tribute to that groundbreaking debut.

”Springtime in New York: The Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Volume 16” has meticulously culled previously unreleased outtakes, alternate versions, rehearsals and live performances of songs, mostly recorded for the albums "Shot of Love", "Infidels" and "Empire Burlesque" in the early 1980s.

Hunter at Sunrise is a Sunday morning show on WHRV’s HD-2 Channel hosted by long-time radio vet Hunter Hughes. Each week he features a live music performance and he has compiled a double album of those in-studio appearances on “Sunrise Sessions Volume 2: The Pandemic Recordings.”

The new album “Mercury: Act 1” finds the band tackling more serious issues than their previous four releases, their trademark bombastic sound is more subdued but no less powerful.

The second album by the collaboration between Aaron Dessner of The National and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver is called “How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?” The band is a It champions the communal nature of music by featuring vocal contributions from Anais Mitchell, Sharon Van Etten, Fleet Foxes, Taylor Swift and more

On his new album “The Horses and the Hounds” he channels his preoccupation with aging.

“Different Kinds of Light” is her second album and incorporates more of her British rock roots

“Never Too Late to Call” is a family album…his family. Thorn's wife, daughter, sister and father all figure into the songs, most delivered with a more acoustic approach than on previous albums

The new album, “Animal” is the sound of folk singer Laura Marling going down the rabbit hole with Tunng’s Mark Lindsey.

This twenty two year old blues phenom's 2019 debut was nominated for a Grammy and makes his new one, “662” highly anticipated. With fiery solos, soulful vocals and great songs, he doesn’t disappoint.

“Sob Rock” stylistically emulates a much maligned genre of music known as yacht rock.

Jakob Dylan is the only original member and has released his first album since he officially turned his band into a solo project, the aptly titled “Exit Wounds.”

“Catastrophe and Hope” is this Hampton Roads' artist's fourth album. It was written and recorded during the pandemic and chronicles many of the emotions we all shared during that time.

On his solo album "Jump For Joy" he takes a truly solo approach and records all the instruments and vocals himself. It's quite a tour de force.

They celebrate twenty years as a band with the release of their seventh album, “You Hear Georgia.” Their reverence for their home state is what make this one of their best albums yet.

The Americana trio has transformed themselves for their third album inspired by the pandemic, “Shame and Sedition.”