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Pickin’ Low Cotton by Boo Hanks If you got to spend even five minutes with Boo Hanks he would have a positive impact on your life. Boo was from deep within the Virginia countryside, just across the North Carolina border, from a small town called Buffalo Junction. When modern life seems to be too much […]

Hold The Rain by Pura Fé Pura Fé is a musical genius, period. Her singing and Hawaiian lap steel guitar playing are unique and deeply inspired by her Native heritage. Pair that with a super positive message and you’ve got an incredibly inspiring song. Pura Fé isn’t just singing about it either, this powerful woman […]

 Amythyst Kiah is among the most recognized new voices interpreting, reviving, and reimagining the African American musical tradition. Both a scholar of African American music history and a songwriter in her own right, Kiah’s repertoire balances her own rhythmic, rocking original compositions and stripped-down homages to the folk, old-time, and blues singers whose work made […]

Sisters Of The South by Marie Manning The blues, like any great work of art, serves as a mirror for life, giving us the opportunity to process it’s inevitable ups and downs. Hard Luck & Trouble by Marie Manning is the sound of perseverance, an enduring and driving motion towards getting through those tough times. […]