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 …
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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 …
Album Review: Heather Bond – So Close
Album Review: Heather Bond – So Close Heather Bond has a voice that is as smooth as velvet and as sharp as a sword. Sometimes she scoops and swoons through her notes in a way that feels like a morning songbird more than …
Nick Zubeck (Sun Kil Moon): : : : : Exclusive Video Premiere
What drives us to adore certain artists while discarding countless others? What makes us connect to the art of a random few? Recently at Ear to the Ground, we asked these questions and to the best of our gleanings we decided it …
Album Review: Peter Henry Phillips – The Origin
Album Review: Peter Henry Phillips – The Origin This is an outstanding album from a gifted singer songwriter. Peter Henry Phillips has the ability to capture depth of emotion in a single line. His intonation and dynamic style comes through on every track …
Album Review: The Ghosts of Johnson City – ‘Am I Born to Die”
The Ghosts of Johnson City – ‘Am I Born to Die” The Ghosts of Johnson City start with death. Their album “Am I Born to Die” is that of a winding, conceptual journey – not towards resurrection, but into the full immersion of …
