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Hank Hoffman, left, and Tom Smith perform with Happy Ending in Hamden in February 2020. Photo by Matt Hoffman.
Hank Hoffman and a crew of collaborators spent an unimaginably long time working on the 13 songs comprising “Psychedelipop” and “Popsychle,” the first two EPs from his solo studio project the Alex Butter Field.
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“Old King Cloud” is Ken Cormier’s first album since 2009.
The Connecticut musician and poet is back with the more melodic follow-up to his experimental 2009 album “Nowhere Is Nowhere.”
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Philip B. Price releases his new solo album, “Oceans Hiding in Oceans,” Feb. 19.
The Winterpills singer premieres his new song “Loneliness,” from his upcoming solo album “Oceans Hiding in Oceans.”
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Run the Jewels in 2020 released their outstanding fourth album, “RTJ4.”
In a tumultuous year, to say the least, there was plenty of great music to inflame and/or soothe the soul.
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Photo by Jo Chattman.
The former restaurateur never had as much time for music as he would have preferred, but maybe his sixth album heralds a new focus.
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Stephen Desaulniers has been part of the Western Massachusetts music scene since the early ’90s.
It took a few decades, but Stephen Desaulniers of the Scud Mountain Boys and Ray Mason Band has gone and made a solo album.
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Photo by Carlos Semedo.
The Hadley native moved to Brooklyn in the fall of 2019, but the pandemic derailed his plans.
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Sunny War and Chris Pierce wrote “Amen” after right-wing violence in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017. Photo by Mushka Lightstone.
Sunny War and Chris Pierce mourn the rise of right-wing extremism — “lost children filled with hate” — on a song they wrote after Charlottesville.
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“The Problem” is “a love song,” says Amanda Shires, right, who teamed with Jason Isbell on the new tune. Photo by Alysse Gafkjen.
The singer and fiddle player addresses a wrenching, deeply personal decision on her new single.
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Jose Guzman took this iconic photograph of Marina Ginestà, 17, in July 1936 in Barcelona, a few days after a right-wing military uprising sparked the Spanish Civil War.
In a dispiriting week, a leftist anthem from the Spanish Civil War provides a glimmer of defiant inspiration.
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Photo by Caitlyn Krone.
The Los Angeles-born Virginia transplant sings about the duality of her heritage on a song from her album “Cha Cha Palace.”
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John Covertino, left, and Joey Burns are the core members of Calexico. Photo by Jairo Zavala.
The Tucson, Ariz., band explores a surveillance theme on this song from their 2015 album “Edge of the Sun.”
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Tom Morello, left, and Bruce Springsteen perform “The Ghost of Tom Joad.”
Of all the topical songs Springsteen has written, the title track from his 1995 album remains one of the most resonant.
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Photo by Zoe Rain.
The Chicago singer, songwriter and poet sees hope for the future amid the garbage fire of the present moment.
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Killer Mike, left, and El-P offer a scathing cultural critique on “RTJ4.” Photo by Dan Medhurst.
The hip-hop duo has some thoughts about the state of things.
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Photo by Bobbi Rich.
The Nashville singer addresses gender-based wage disparity in a song from her 2017 album “All American Made.”
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Revisiting a forgotten rabble-rousing song from the past to mark Labor Day.
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The Seattle musician returns with a new project that underscores his skill at creating western-themed performance art.
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The singer and songwriter follows up last year’s muscular Pernice Brothers record “Spread the Feeling” with a more muted — but still melodic — solo album.
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Flora Reed, left, and Philip B. Price recorded “Golden Waves” as Winterpills in duo form. Photo by Joanna Chattman.
The Northampton band returns in duo form with its first new song since 2017.
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