When I speak with Caleb Landry Jones about his debut album, The Mother Stone, he’s talking on his flip phone from his family home in Texas. He doesn’t use folksy turns of phrase or an overabundance of y’alls, but the Texas in his voice sneaks up when gerunds cut off at just the ’n’ and […]
You might know Mike Dean from his work on pivotal Texas rap albums by UGK, the Geto Boys, Z-Ro, and Devin the Dude or from his work as a co-producer, mixer, and masterer for everyone from Kanye West and his G.O.O.D. Music collective to Travis Scott, Frank Ocean, Beyoncé, and Madonna. The Houston native is […]
A few years ago, Yola caught fire. That’s not a metaphor for the multidimensional British singer-songwriter’s speedy rise to the top of a heap of her own creation. 2019 saw her cut a jaw-dropping debut solo full-length record with the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, collaborate with some of country music’s fiercest voices on the Highwomen […]