BELT MAGAZINE
- “DERBY SEASON IS ALMOST OVER”-BELT MAGAZINE
- “UNSPOOLING THE CASSETTE TAPE IN SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI”-BELT MAGAZINE
- “LISTENING TO AMERICA WITH STUDS TERKEL”-BELT MAGAZINE
- “THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN MUSIC, AS RECORDED IN RICHMOND, INDIANA”-BELT MAGAZINE
- “THE LEGEND OF BABY HUEY”-BELT MAGAZINE
- “FORTY YEARS OF ‘BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE’”-BELT MAGAZINE
- “LIFE AFTER THE DERECHO”-BELT MAGAZINE
- “A NIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN DURING A PANDEMIC SUMMER”-BELT MAGAZINE
- “ALL THE BEST: AN ELEGY FOR JOHN PRINE”-BELT MAGAZINE
- “CAUCUS NIGHT”-BELT MAGAZINE
- “THE HOUSE ON THE ROCK AT SIXTY”-BELT MAGAZINE
- “IS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER READY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE?”-BELT MAGAZINE
- “GAMBLING ON HEMP”-BELT MAGAZINE
- “SENTENCING THE OLD IOWA STATE PENITENTIARY”-BELT MAGAZINE
- “THE WORD COLLECTOR”-BELT MAGAZINE
THE DAILY YONDER
- “WITH ‘ONLY’ 2 MILLION MATCHSTICKS LEFT, ARTIST SHIFTS FOCUS TO HIS HOMETOWN LEGACY”-DAILY YONDER
IOWA PUBLIC RADIO
- “MEET KATHRYN SEVERING FOX”-IPR
- “DAVE HELMER’S NEW SOLO ALBUM “SUCH A CLOWN” INSPIRED BY PLAYING GUITAR FOR HOURS ON END IN HIS LUTHIER STUDIO”-IPR
POPMATTERS
- “TOM WAITS’ ‘CLOSING TIME’ AND THE MYTH OF THE EPONYMOUS DEBUT ALBUM”–POPMATTERS
- “HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU THINK I AM?: TALKING HEADS’ ‘SPEAKING IN TONGUES’ AT 40”-POPMATTERS
- ALBUM REVIEW: “DAVID DONDERO CONFRONTS THE PRESENT WITH ‘IMMERSION THERAPY’”-POPMATTERS
- ALBUM REVIEW: “JIM LAUDERDALE AND THE PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS CREATE BLUEGRASS ALCHEMY”-POPMATTERS
- ALBUM REVIEW: “BEIRUT RETURNS TO HIS BAROQUE POP ORIGINS ON ‘HADSEL’”–POPMATTERS
- ALBUM REVIEW: “JOHN CRAIGIE PREACHES UP AT THE ‘PAGAN CHURCH'”-POPMATTERS
- ALBUM REVIEW: “ROSIE TUCKER WANTS ‘UTOPIA NOW'”-POPMATTERS
- ALBUM REVIEW: “MARY LATTIMORE AND WALT MCCLEMENTS CREATE ORDER WITH THE ‘RAIN ON THE ROAD’”-POPMATTERS
- ALBUM REVIEW: “SWAMP DOGG GOES BLUEGRASS AND AMERICANA ON ‘BLACKGRASS’”-POPMATTERS
- ALBUM REVIEW: “JIM LAUDERDALE IS AT PEACE IN ‘MY FAVORITE PLACE’“–POPMATTERS
- ALBUM REVIEW: “DIRTY THREE PROVE THE THEORY THAT LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING”-POPMATTERS
NO DEPRESSION
- “FOLLOWING THE FEVER: LEYLA MCCALLA EXPLORES HER OWN SOUND AND THAT OF HAITIAN HISTORY”- SUMMER 2022
- “ALL ARE WELCOME: DAN + CLAUDIA ZANES REDEFINE TOGETHERNESS”- WINTER 2021
- “ANOTHER THOUGHT NOW: INSIDE THE MOVEMENT TO KEEP ARTHUR RUSSELL’S MUSIC ECHOING ON”- FALL 2021
- “A MIXED BAG: HOW CARL SANDBURG’S ‘THE AMERICAN SONGBAG’ SHAPED NEARLY A CENTURY OF FOLK MUSIC”-SPRING 2021
ONLINE
- “ALBUM REVIEW: THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS MOVE ALONG ON ‘EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT YOU'”-NO DEPRESSION
- “ALBUM REVIEW: AMOS LEE SEARCHES AND FINDS ON ‘TRANSMISSIONS'”-NO DEPRESSION
- “ALBUM REVIEW: ON ‘ANNIVERSARY,’ ADEEM THE ARTIST DRAWS FROM THEIR BEAUTIFUL, IMPOSSIBLE AMERICAN LIFE”–NO DEPRESSION
- “WESTERN PAINTINGS COLOR CARY MORIN’S MUSICAL POINT OF VIEW”-NO DEPRESSION
- “ALBUM REVIEW: ZACH RUSSELL STRIKES A BACK-HOME TONE ON ‘WHERE THE FLOWERS MEET THE DEW’”–NO DEPRESSION
- “SPOTLIGHT: TŔE BURT DANCES THROUGH DARKNESS ON TRAFFIC FICTION”-NO DEPRESSION
- “FORTY YEARS AFTER ‘THE IOWA WALTZ,’ GREG BROWN’S VOICE RUMBLES ACROSS GENERATIONS”-NO DEPRESSION
- “LEARNING TO LET TIME BE THE SACRIFICE WITH AMASA HINES”-NO DEPRESSION
- “BIG PINK GIVES UP ITS GHOST”-NO DEPRESSION
CITYLAB
- “ON GOOGLE MAPS, A TOWN CALLED ATLAS KEEPS DISAPPEARING”-CITYLAB
THE OUTLINE
- “OOH-WEE-OHH, I LIVE JUST LIKE BUDDY HOLLY”-THE OUTLINE
PLAYBOY
- “ONE REASON ADULT ENTERTAINMENT STORES HAVE YET TO DISAPPEAR: WOMEN”-PLAYBOY
PASTE MAGAZINE
- “GREAT VENUES: CODFISH HOLLOW BARN”- PASTE MAGAZINE
- “A PORTRAIT OF DAYTROTTER ARTIST JOHNNIE CLUNEY: AGE 5,000″-PASTE MAGAZINE
- “HOW MUSIC THERAPY STUDENTS HELPED ST. LOUIS KIDS CONFRONT URBAN TRAUMA”-PASTE MAGAZINE
- “THE DISTRICTS’ ROB GROTE ON MAKING A FLOURISH AND A SPOIL”-PASTE MAGAZINE