Gretchen Lohse. Primal Rumble. 2013. http://gretchenlohse.bandcamp.com Gretchen Lohse is a Philadelphia native, and recently released her first solo album. She’s trained on the violin, but also plays a number of other instruments, and turns VHS home-videos into a source of sound for her work. …
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Help Wanted: Redditors, Twitter users, and avid Facebook users – Help us help musicians
We need help with our social media efforts here at EarToTheGround Music. We have a few folks that do their best to spread the word, but we want to enlist a small army of folks. Will you join us in this endeavor? What …
Free Music Friday! Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk
Happy free music Friday everyone! This week we’ve got a full length album from Canada’s Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk. They’re a little bit pop, a little bit folk, a little bit rock and a lot of good music. As always, …
The Ghost of Paul Revere – Believe – Self proclaimed “holler folk” betrayed by beautiful harmonies
Here we have another band that knows how to hook someone. “The Ghost of Paul Revere? What does a band with a name like that sound like?” is what I found myself asking. Well, if you thought the same thing, and even if …
Planes on Paper – The East End Session – Phenomenal folk music duo with breathtaking debut EP
The adjective “breathtaking” might be one of the most misused words in the English language, but I have to say the first (and several subsequent) listen of this duo, Planes on Paper, made me stop in my audio tracks. With a solo electric …
Guest Review: Dave Terenzoni on Cereus Bright – Happier Than Me – Modern folk band shines with great lyrics and beautiful melodies
Cereus Bright is a gorgeous white flower that survives in the desert, one of the most difficult environments on earth the grow in, and blooms only in the darkness of night. This folk rock band from Knoxville,TN wears that name as a badge …
The Gloria Darlings – Come Home to Me – Seattle folk music and bluegrass duo
This duo, Pandi and Milly, bill themselves as “folk grass,” which I immediately took as one of those marketing ploys because, well isn’t all bluegrass fundamentally folk music? And then I heard this incredible album. This… friends… is “folk grass.” It’s beautiful. It …
Carly Jamison- Ungrounded
Carly Jamison. Ungrounded. 2013. http://www.carlyjamison.com Recorded in Nashville, Ungrounded has the presence of a Bonnie Raitt or Janis Joplin, with the complex sound of Bruce Springsteen, and the hard edge of Alanis Morisette. The whole shebang is quite a powerhouse of an album, a …
George Ogilvie – Compass – Acoustic singer songwriter with fantastic original song
George Ogilvie is one of those artists I discovered through a cover on YT at some point. Once subscribed I waited for a great moment to show off his work. Here we have it in a great original song. I’ll be keeping my …
