14 Musicians Discuss Love Songs

With Valentine’s Day approaching, greeting cards and little chalky, heart-shaped confections inscribed with “Be Mine” and “Kiss Me” are a nice gesture, but is there anything more romantic than a love song?   read more

Cory Branan: Mutt

Mutt is right. Cory Branan is no purebred. He boasts no pedigree, no papers. Instead, he’s a stray who wanders in off the street, of mixed breed: Is he another confessional singer/songwriter? An alt-country straggler? A frat-rock folk-hero? A Memphis misfit? A Southern voice descended more from Clyde Edgerton and Larry Brown than from Ronnie Van Zandt? Truth is, he’s a bit of everything, hanging around on the edges of various genres and taking what he needs from each. To date, he’s had a strange career: Rolling Stone thought enough of his witty 2002 debut, The Hell You Say,...  read more

Song Premiere: Cory Branan - "Bad Man"

For his third full-length album and Bloodshot Records debut, singer/songwriter Cory Branan seems to channel his inner Bruce Springsteen and Tom Waits. And on lead single, “Bad Man,” his gravelly voice helps drive a dark narrative of love...or at least something like it.   read more

Cory Branan - The Hell You Say

What Paul Westerberg did for sensitive Minnesotans, Cory Branan does for sensitive Southern boys on The Hell You Say...  read more