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3 Singer-Songwriters For Your Saturday

We get so many extraordinary music submissions here at Ear to the Ground that it can be difficult to pick who to cover. This week we bring you three such singer songwriters who all deserve a little love. These guys are refreshing and …

Artist Interview: Nathan Hussey of All Get Out

After a show at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago on The Everglow 10th Anniversary Tour, I was lucky enough to sit down with Nathan Hussey of All Get Out for a quick Q&A (with a special appearance by Josh Kean). This is one …

Album Review: Lauryn Peacock- Euphonia

Lauryn Peacock- Euphonia Review In recent music releases, up-and-comer but soon to be established Lauryn Peacock released her charming orchestral indie- folk album Euphonia. The album is a significant progression since Peacock’s 2012 EP Fairly Busy Wife. Most notably, Euphonia features a long …

Album Review: Bears of Legend – Ghostwritten Chronicles – Grandiose progressive folk music

Album Review: Bears of Legend – Ghostwritten Chronicles One of my favorite things about following Bears of Legend is that all of their social media promotional materials are in French and I can’t read any of it. But just seeing something from them …

Artist Interview: Hollis Brown – Can’t touch this indie rock

1) For those who haven’t heard it yet, how do you describe the “Three Shots” album? Straight ahead American Rock. It’s what pop music should be. It’s a record that conceptually touches on a lot of things through the eyes of various characters …

Album Review: Heidi Lynne Gluck – The Only Girl In The Room

Heidi Lynne Gluck – The Only Girl In The Room Reviewed by Hannah of www.rockmycommute.com The Only Girl In The Room is a sweet little 5-song EP collection, just released in April of this year. The sound is a little Nina Gordon at …

Embleton – It Did Me Well – The art and beauty of leaving

To live in Ohio is to live in contradiction. Lake effect snow and heartbreaking athletics have stirred longings of less harsher climates. Yet, we are fiercely passionate when others point out our many heartbreaks and snowpocalypses. Ohio breaks our heart, but this Midwestern …

Guest Review: Joy Williams – Venus

Guest Review: Joy Williams – “Venus” By Dayna Duncan Joy “effing” Williams! Please excuse my language, but I just don’t know how else to show respect. (I guess that’s how these young kids are doing it these days!) I wish there were a …

Album Review: Pharis and Jason Romero – A Wanderer I’ll Stay – Haunting harmonies, deep truths

Album Review: Pharis and Jason Romero – A Wanderer I’ll Stay – Haunting harmonies, deep truths From my first ever listen of Pharis and Jason Romero it was evident to me that these were two extremely talented Americana artists. They sound like they …

Artist Spotlight: Alison May–pastel textured smoke tones

Alison May has a seismically unique sound full of textures and layers.  At one point while I was listening to her latest “Dusk Interval” EP, I accidentally turned on Hauschka and it stayed on in the background without me noticing for a long …