Wet Leg, Jason Isbell, Tegan and Sara, and more have contributed to Noise for Now: Vol. 1, an upcoming compilation album benefitting abortion access. It arrives on November 24th as part of Record Store Day 2023.
Noise for Now is also the name of the non-profit that helmed the compilation, and their work has become even more pertinent since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. The organization launched their eponymous record label to release their first album, which also features exclusive songs from Sleater-Kinney, My Morning Jacket, Fleet Foxes, Cat Power, and more.
Many of these songs were also featured on Good Music to Ensure Safe Abortion Access to All, another benefit compilation from 2022 that was only available as a Bandcamp download for one day. Noise for Now: Vol. 1, however, will be a vinyl-only release, pressed on clear wax and packaged with a “Liberate Abortion” print by Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon.
Noise for Now is also the name of the non-profit that helmed the compilation, and their work has become even more pertinent since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. The organization launched their eponymous record label to release their first album, which also features exclusive songs from Sleater-Kinney, My Morning Jacket, Fleet Foxes, Cat Power, and more.
Many of these songs were also featured on Good Music to Ensure Safe Abortion Access to All, another benefit compilation from 2022 that was only available as a Bandcamp download for one day. Noise for Now: Vol. 1, however, will be a vinyl-only release, pressed on clear wax and packaged with a “Liberate Abortion” print by Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon.
- 11/9/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
The Black Opry Revue, Joshua Ray Walker, Miko Marks, Asleep at the Wheel, Town Mountain, Sunny Sweeney, Kaitlin Butts, and James McMurtry are among the first batch of artists announced for AmericanaFest 2022. The annual celebration of roots music returns to venues around Nashville from Sept. 13 through 17.
The 89 artists announced on Wednesday marks just the initial dump of performers — hundreds typically play the festival. This year’s lineup also marks the official AmericanaFest debut of the Black Opry, a collective of Black country artists that, since loosely coming together for the...
The 89 artists announced on Wednesday marks just the initial dump of performers — hundreds typically play the festival. This year’s lineup also marks the official AmericanaFest debut of the Black Opry, a collective of Black country artists that, since loosely coming together for the...
- 4/13/2022
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Nashville singer-songwriter Caroline Spence offers a meditation on intimacy with the National’s Matt Berninger in “I Know You Know Me.” The new collaboration follows Spence’s 2019 album Mint Condition.
Built around a set of thick acoustic guitar chords, “I Know You Know Me” is heavy on atmosphere and gradually brings in subtle synth and plaintive strings. Spence and Berninger sing of deep understanding that connects two people, even when their actions sometimes belie that fact.
“I’m hiding, but I know that you can see,” Spence sings in one verse.
Built around a set of thick acoustic guitar chords, “I Know You Know Me” is heavy on atmosphere and gradually brings in subtle synth and plaintive strings. Spence and Berninger sing of deep understanding that connects two people, even when their actions sometimes belie that fact.
“I’m hiding, but I know that you can see,” Spence sings in one verse.
- 2/4/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Stephanie Lambring is hardly the first singer-songwriter to arrive in Nashville with tales of a loaded upbringing full of parental over-involvement. But on “Daddy’s Disappointment,” the opening track to Lambring’s new tour-de-force LP, Autonomy, the Indiana native mines such pestering into one of the most irresistible roots-rock gems of the year.
“Every little country opry, every little country church,” Lambring sings over a mid-tempo groove that evokes the melodic country pop-punk of Lily Hiatt’s last two records. “I hated every canned applause, every damn half-verse.”
The song...
“Every little country opry, every little country church,” Lambring sings over a mid-tempo groove that evokes the melodic country pop-punk of Lily Hiatt’s last two records. “I hated every canned applause, every damn half-verse.”
The song...
- 10/23/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
It’d been six years since Kathleen Edwards had seriously thought about making music when she received an out-of-the-blue phone call from the manager of country star Maren Morris in 2017. For the previous three years, Edwards had been working 12-hour days at Quitters Coffee, the neighborhood cafe in suburban Ottawa she opened after a series of creative, mental health, and romantic crises led her to pause her music career in 2014.
Morris, a longtime fan, wanted to know if the Canadian singer-songwriter would write with her. Edwards was intrigued. “I thought,...
Morris, a longtime fan, wanted to know if the Canadian singer-songwriter would write with her. Edwards was intrigued. “I thought,...
- 5/19/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Ron Louie would do anything to catch a couple of songs.
Last fall, the country and roots music superfan persuaded his wife, Janine, to take a trip to Alabama to see Jason Isbell, one of his all-time favorite artists, headline a festival in Isbell’s hometown. After a full weekend of music, Louie still needed more. He discovered that if he and Janine hurried back to Nashville in time, they could catch Old Crow Medicine Show play a few songs at an in-store at Grimey’s record shop before catching...
Last fall, the country and roots music superfan persuaded his wife, Janine, to take a trip to Alabama to see Jason Isbell, one of his all-time favorite artists, headline a festival in Isbell’s hometown. After a full weekend of music, Louie still needed more. He discovered that if he and Janine hurried back to Nashville in time, they could catch Old Crow Medicine Show play a few songs at an in-store at Grimey’s record shop before catching...
- 4/13/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
After moving to Nashville from Ohio in 2011, Caroline Spence nannied, waited tables and wrote songs. It took her two years to come up with one she felt was good enough to play around town: “Whiskey Watered Down,” a gently savage kiss-off to a flaky musician. “You think you’re a big deal with that guitar in your hands,” she sings. “But you’ll never be Parsons, Earle, or Van Zandt.”
“I had been making myself a student [of those famous musicians],” the 29-year-old country singer says of her songwriting process. “The tagline of the...
“I had been making myself a student [of those famous musicians],” the 29-year-old country singer says of her songwriting process. “The tagline of the...
- 8/14/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Kentucky country singer Kelsey Waldon has announced details for White Noise/White Lines, her first release on John Prine’s Oh Boy Records. Set for release on October 4th, the album will serve as Waldon’s proper label debut after years of independent albums.
The album’s lead single, “Anyhow,” is a stubborn anthem of self-reliance featuring a hardscrabble honky-tonk guitar line. “The song is about self-awareness, trusting the process, and embracing yourself and who you are — even if it doesn’t fit the mold,” Waldon said in a recent interview with Garden & Gun.
The album’s lead single, “Anyhow,” is a stubborn anthem of self-reliance featuring a hardscrabble honky-tonk guitar line. “The song is about self-awareness, trusting the process, and embracing yourself and who you are — even if it doesn’t fit the mold,” Waldon said in a recent interview with Garden & Gun.
- 7/9/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Singer-songwriter Caroline Spence chronicles a whole hilarious series of mishaps and an unlikely romance in the new video for “Who’s Gonna Make My Mistakes,” which premieres today. The song appears on Spence’s 2019 album Mint Condition.
With its ringing, guitar-driven approach, “Who’s Gonna Make My Mistakes” nods to Tom Petty’s streamlined rock and sounds unmistakably optimistic even as it describes a condition of uncertainty. In the video, directed by Steve Voss, a man and woman individually go through a comical sequence of easily avoidable situations, each one...
With its ringing, guitar-driven approach, “Who’s Gonna Make My Mistakes” nods to Tom Petty’s streamlined rock and sounds unmistakably optimistic even as it describes a condition of uncertainty. In the video, directed by Steve Voss, a man and woman individually go through a comical sequence of easily avoidable situations, each one...
- 7/9/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Tanya Tucker, Jade Bird and Dylan LeBlanc are among the initial wave of artists confirmed to perform in Nashville during the 2019 AmericanaFest. The annual celebration of roots and roots-related music takes place September 10th to 15th and includes the Americana Honors and Awards on September 11th.
In its 20th year, AmericanaFest will spread out across Music City venues like 3rd & Lindsley, Mercy Lounge and the Station Inn with performances from a diverse group of artists both established and emerging. Among those are Americana Awards nominee Yola, blues rockers Marcus King...
In its 20th year, AmericanaFest will spread out across Music City venues like 3rd & Lindsley, Mercy Lounge and the Station Inn with performances from a diverse group of artists both established and emerging. Among those are Americana Awards nominee Yola, blues rockers Marcus King...
- 5/30/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
A classic Reba McEntire ballad, a Guy Clark cover from his acolyte Steve Earle and a Spanglish love song from the Last Bandoleros make up our list of the best country songs to hear this week.
The Last Bandoleros, “Enamorado”
A bilingual love song, “Enamorado” mixes the ramped-up romance of Latin pop ballads with the hooks and harmonies of Southwestern roots music. YouTube singing star Alexander Stewart co-wrote the track and released his own version last summer, but “Enamorado” sounds like a Last Bandoleros original, with all four bandmates contributing...
The Last Bandoleros, “Enamorado”
A bilingual love song, “Enamorado” mixes the ramped-up romance of Latin pop ballads with the hooks and harmonies of Southwestern roots music. YouTube singing star Alexander Stewart co-wrote the track and released his own version last summer, but “Enamorado” sounds like a Last Bandoleros original, with all four bandmates contributing...
- 2/18/2019
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
Caroline Spence offers her vision of supportive partnership acting as a balm in difficult times with her new song “Sit Here and Love Me.” The track appears on Spence’s upcoming Mint Condition album.
Over gentle acoustic guitar that’s later joined by some echoing, sustained piano chords, Spence sings from the perspective of someone grappling with depression and the reassurances they make to a partner. “I don’t need you to solve any problem at all,” she sings, “I just need you to sit here and love me.”
“I...
Over gentle acoustic guitar that’s later joined by some echoing, sustained piano chords, Spence sings from the perspective of someone grappling with depression and the reassurances they make to a partner. “I don’t need you to solve any problem at all,” she sings, “I just need you to sit here and love me.”
“I...
- 2/14/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Country and folk storytellers have never had any problem portraying the rush of instant love or the devastation of heartbreak. Writing about the rich complexity of long-lasting love has generally proved much more difficult. Nashville singer-songwriter Caroline Spence does just that on “Mint Condition,” the title ballad to her upcoming album.
“Some things they last, and some things, they won’t,” she sings, before harmonizing with Emmylou Harris on the chorus: “Oh, but nothing ’bout you ever gets old.”
Spence is interested in exploring the ways in which love hardens and deepens with time,...
“Some things they last, and some things, they won’t,” she sings, before harmonizing with Emmylou Harris on the chorus: “Oh, but nothing ’bout you ever gets old.”
Spence is interested in exploring the ways in which love hardens and deepens with time,...
- 1/28/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Tracks by Maren Morris, Gangstagrass, Jared Deck and Patty Griffin are among the 10 must-hear songs this week.
Yola, “Faraway Look”
Produced by Dan Auerbach, this country-soul showcase is cut from the same cloth as Petula Clark’s “Downtown,” with orchestral strings that swoon and a retro-minded chorus that would have likely earned a standing ovation from Ed Sullivan’s studio audience. Coupled with the previousl -released “Ride Out in the Country,” the song helps whip up more buzz for Yola’s upcoming debut, Walk Through Fire.
Vandoliers, “Cigarettes in the...
Yola, “Faraway Look”
Produced by Dan Auerbach, this country-soul showcase is cut from the same cloth as Petula Clark’s “Downtown,” with orchestral strings that swoon and a retro-minded chorus that would have likely earned a standing ovation from Ed Sullivan’s studio audience. Coupled with the previousl -released “Ride Out in the Country,” the song helps whip up more buzz for Yola’s upcoming debut, Walk Through Fire.
Vandoliers, “Cigarettes in the...
- 1/21/2019
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
“My favorite things are tired and worn,” sings Caroline Spence on “Mint Condition,” the closing track from her forthcoming LP of the same name. Written about her hopes for a relationship in the rear view, when the photo albums are torn and the jewelry’s rusting but love lingers on, it’s a graceful, vibrantly detailed slow burn that features Emmylou Harris on the chorus. The guest appearance by the Country Music Hall of Fame member is the realization of a lifelong dream for the Nashville-based Spence.
“Mint Condition” was...
“Mint Condition” was...
- 1/18/2019
- by Marissa R. Moss
- Rollingstone.com
Two years on from the release of her acclaimed LP Spades & Roses, Caroline Spence is prepping the release of her third album Mint Condition, which will feature guest appearances by Emmylou Harris and Ashley Ray.
The Nashville singer-songwriter has received several comparisons to Americana leading lights like Patty Griffin and Emmylou Harris, and this time around the latter makes an appearance on the title track of Mint Condition, which closes the album. Mint Condition, which was produced by Dan Knobler (Lake Street Dive) and mixed by Grammy winner Gary Paczosa (Sarah Jarosz,...
The Nashville singer-songwriter has received several comparisons to Americana leading lights like Patty Griffin and Emmylou Harris, and this time around the latter makes an appearance on the title track of Mint Condition, which closes the album. Mint Condition, which was produced by Dan Knobler (Lake Street Dive) and mixed by Grammy winner Gary Paczosa (Sarah Jarosz,...
- 1/15/2019
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
On July 15th, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium kicked off the first show in a series of six called “Americana at the Ryman.” Slated to become an annual event, the series celebrates the best and brightest in Americana and roots music in the city at the epicenter of the rapidly growing genre.
The first show was an all-star celebration billed as Buddy Miller and Friends, featuring Lee Ann Womack, Tony Joe White, the McCrary Sisters, Elizabeth Cook and Parker Millsap. That show was followed by the July 22nd installment, which showcased...
The first show was an all-star celebration billed as Buddy Miller and Friends, featuring Lee Ann Womack, Tony Joe White, the McCrary Sisters, Elizabeth Cook and Parker Millsap. That show was followed by the July 22nd installment, which showcased...
- 7/30/2018
- by Brittney McKenna
- Rollingstone.com
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