ACL 2021 ~ Top Ten Ambient

This year’s picks emphasize the variety of ambient music through poetry, field recordings and home diaries, featuring children and cicadas, time and seasons, dedications to loved ones and even a celebration of those who do nothing. This year, many of

ACL 2021 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year

Few would call 2021 a happy year, although it was graced by moments of hope: a (short lived) political shift, a vaccine, a summit on climate change.  But somehow, without warning, any day could bring a whiff of happiness: a

James Osland ~ Almond Drive

Almond Drive is dedicated to memories of a “safe and loving home,” and the people who made it that way.  The album is a panacea, offering warm hints of how to make it through a pandemic year with love.  Not everyone