No Fences Review
Thoughts on pop music old and new from David Cantwell and Charles Hughes
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The Best Country Albums of 2001
Country music has a reputation for nostalgia though more typically, at least for much of the genre’s history, the tendency has instead been toward what I term the backward glance: Not the delusional and reactionary desire to return to a pas...
Turn It Up - 10/5/2026
Wonderlick – “Eric” (from Wonderlick Loves You, 2026)
Tim Quirk and Jay Blumenfield have been frontmen for esteemed indie rockers Too Much Joy for pushing forty years and a dozen albums now. By contrast, their Too Much Joy side project, Wo...
Remembering Whitney Houston: A conversation with Emily Lordi
Emily Lordi is a music writer of unique power and skill. Her acclaimed books include crucial studies of Black women vocalists, Donny Hathaway, and the many definitions of “soul” in African American music. She’s also written crucial profiles...
The Best Country Albums of 1976
(This piece was originally published by our friends at The Bluegrass Situation on Sept. 3, 2026. Here at NFR, we’ve previously shared “Best Country Albums of…” lists for 1964 and 1966, 1973 and 1975, for 1985, and 1993, 1994, and 1995.)
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Turn It Up - 9/21/2026
This Is Lorelei – “Billy Came Back” (from The Singer in My Band, 2026)
I have no doubt that part of the reason why I’m so delighted by the new album from singer-songwriter Nate Amos’ project This Is Lorelei is because it reminds me of a wh...
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