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Timber! Outdoor Music Festival Rocks the Northwest
By Jake Nelko Photo Credit: Beth Crook Last weekend was the first Timber! Outdoor Music Festival in Carnation, WA. Approximately 2800 folks came out to Tolt-MacDonald Park and Campground east of Seattle to enjoy a variety of bands with ties to the Northwest …
Free Music Friday! – Over the Rhine
Cincinnati, Ohio’s critically-acclaimed folk music group Over the Rhine released the first five songs off of their new double album for FREE on Noisetrade. Go give them a listen and share, share, share! http://noisetrade.com/overtherhine/five-good-reasons-to-meet-me
Birds and Arrows – “Firefly”
Birds and Arrows is Andrea and Pete Connolly, a North Carolina couple making some awesome folk music. This track off their debut album, Coyotes, is the kind of mellow, harmony laden folk music that we love. If you love acoustic music, you’ll love this. …
End of ever – The Inside Out
Sometimes its difficult to find a “target audience” for a given album, but I can just tell its a really good album. There’s some middle ground between the Lilith Fair and the standard pop fans of the mid 90s that will really adore …
Johnnyswim – Heart Beats
Every once and a while, some people get really lucky. You all know what I’m talking about, people who have won the genetic and talent lottery. Well, here we have Johnnyswim, the awkward moniker for Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano. It’s appropriate that …
Quick Hits: Crow Quill Night Owls and Misty Mountain String Band – Bluegrass and Roots Music Done Right
This quick hits is for fans of old timey toe-tappin’ music that puts us in another time period. Fans of Justin Townes Earle, Jack Klatt, and other bands that pay homage to the past really need to pay attention to these two incredible …
Addie Pray- So Long
Addie Pray. So Long. Addie Pray and Bandcamp, 2013. Addie Pray: http://addiepray.bandcamp.com/ Addie Pray is Carmen Perry, of Montclair, New Jersey. Perry is also a student at Kenyon College in Ohio, where she plays with two bands, Littless (with James Karlin) and SPORTS (with …
Steve Katz – “Today I Saw Hope”
This is a Steve Katz original “Today I Saw Hope,” which he introduces at the beginning of the clip. I invite you to really take a minute and listen to this song. The acoustic guitar work is on point and the lyrics are …
Free Music Friday! The Dirty Guv’nahs
The Dirty Guv’nahs, aside from having an incredible band name, is one of the premier independent southern rock bands out there. Their unmistakably Southern sound has brought them tons of fans and this album, Somewhere Beneath These Southern Skies, is their follow up to their …
