Alan Sculley

1 week ago | gazette.com | Alan Sculley

When Katie Crutchfield, who performs under the name Waxahatchee, plays live shows, fans shouldn’t expect a performance that encompasses all six of her studio albums. Instead, she’s focusing on her three most recent releases — the 2021 release “Saint Cloud,” the current Waxahatchee album “Tigers Blood” and finally “Plains,” a 2022 album she made with Jess Williamson. “I realize it’s a little bit of a risky move,” Crutchfield said in a recent phone interview.

2 weeks ago | ajc.com | Alan Sculley

Keith Urban has always been an artist willing to take chances musically, to leave room in the recording studio for creative spontaneity that allows songs to go in unexpected directions and take on dimensions he didn’t anticipate. As such, Urban’s albums have generally included at least a song or two that ventured beyond his signature rock-and-pop-inflected country sound or incorporated production approaches that veered from the norm of mainstream country music.

3 weeks ago | unionleader.com | Alan Sculley

Before taking to the road for its current tour cycle, Speedy Ortiz spent considerably more time in rehearsals than for any previous tour the acclaimed indie pop-rock band has done. Blame it on “Rabbit Rabbit,” the band’s newly released fourth studio album.

1 month ago | tucsonlocalmedia.com | Alan Sculley

The Mavericks have never been a country band. Sure, The Mavericks received a pair of Country Music Association awards, three Academy of Country Music awards and a Best Country album Grammy back in the ’90s. They’ve seen songs like “What A Crying Shame,” “Oh What a Thrill” and “Here Comes the Rain” run up the country charts. But, stylistically and culturally, The Mavericks aren’t just country.

1 month ago | orlandoweekly.com | Alan Sculley

For 50-plus years, Kansas have traveled a winding path that has included periods of major success, lulls in the band's popularity, arrivals and departures of multiple band members that have introduced different talents into the lineup and stretched the band's sound into new territories, a long span of time where Kansas didn't make new music, and since 2014, a return to making new albums and an upswing in the band's touring business.