Northern California three-piece Thunderchief have a flare for the dramatic. Whether it is through song title (“Sudden Death in the Flesh” comes to mind), the nickname “butcher” for their bassist, or the pure magnetism that embodies every riff and soul-shattering drum beat. These …
Monthly Archives: April 2016
Five Emerging Singer Songwriters
Five Emerging Singer Songwriters Maybe the term “emerging” grates on your nerves a little, but really it’s the bedrock of this site. We’re not here to cover artists already on the Billboard charts or bringing home Grammys. We’re here to write about the …
Album Review: Arts Fishing Club – Self Titled EP
Album Review: Arts Fishing Club – Self Titled EP If the name Arts Fishing Club sounds familiar, it’s because we covered his remarkable tour last year when he and a few other songwriters WALKED their tour from Maine to Tennessee. It was a …
Album Review: Lyla Foy – Umi
Album Review: Lyla Foy – Umi Lyla Foy’s vocals are definitely from another era or maybe even another world. Channeling voices like Alanis Morissette, Foy brings a tenderness to the way she sings that somehow reminds me of melted wax. It’s smooth and …
Album Review: Cat Clyde – Ivory Castanets
Cat Clyde – Ivory Castanets A bit like an oracle or your kid sister who is smarter than you, Cat Clyde’s Ivory Castanets combines the aesthetics of youth and old-timey bar tunes with impressive dexterity. It is hard wood, steel string, dusty-boot music …
Three Trailblazing Ladies of Country Music in 2016
Three Trailblazing Ladies of Country Music in 2016 One of my favorite colloquial sayings is, “there’s more than one way to skin a cat.” Now that’s not exactly a pretty sight to the mind’s eye, but I don’t really think we’re supposed to …
Album Review: Billie Marten – As Long As EP
Album Review: Billie Marten – As Long As EP The first time I heard Billie Marten sing was on an Ont Sofa episode. Her clarity was absolutely piercing. Imagine my surprise, then, to hear her opening line on her debut EP that sounded …
Album Review: Holcombe Family String Band – ‘Ragtime! Hokum! Western Swing!’
Holcombe Family String Band – ‘Ragtime! Hokum! Western Swing!’ An undeniable superpower of musical expression is the ability to encapsulate a specific time and place in the blanket of human history. Holcombe Family String Band’s new album Ragtime! Hokum! Western Swing accomplishes just …
Album Review: Joshua Hyslop – In Deepest Blue
Album Review: Joshua Hyslop – In Deepest Blue If the name Joshua Hyslop seems familiar, dear reader, it’s because we’ve covered him before on this site. This album released last year, but we didn’t get a chance to cover it until now. In …
Announcing the Winner of Our Bob Dylan Cover Contest!
Announcing the Winner of Our Bob Dylan Cover Contest With so many amazing song in the great troubadour’s catalog, we were excited to hear our winner, The River Has Many Voices offer his rendition of “Like a Rolling Stone.” It’s a beautifully articulate …
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