Longtime Union County singer-songwriter-guitarist J. Howard Duff has released two full albums in an effort to “hand something down to my kids when I’m not here anymore.” Back in 2024, we went “Up-Close” with him and his “This Misery” is still in our “Hot 100.” Legacy: The Road is the first of the “The Best Of J. Howard Duff.”

Longtime leader of The J. Howard Duff Band out of Union County, Duff moved down south and the vocal on his latest single sounds like it. Bruce Gladstone’s new album, Journey 2, is his most satisfying work yet. A former Aquarian Weekly Editor, Mike Daly’s Lost N’ Found is a series of recently unearthed recordings by the front man for Every Damn Day and Mike Daly & The Planets.