Chicago’s Angela James‘ premier album is called “Way Down Deep”. That’s how far it reaches into your soul. This album sounds like light dancing around the rocks and weeds at the bottom of a lake. It’s brilliant and shadowy. James’ voice reaches, soars, …
Category: Acoustic
Dena Dena Dena–soulful, sweet, and sad.
Dena Dena Dena is a band out of South Bend, Indiana. They feature a vast assortment of instruments and musicians. This EP is short, sweet, and sad but a fantastic addition to your music collection. You’ll like them if you like meadows, zentangles, …
Album Review: Courtney Marie Andrews – Leuwen Letters – Authentic, rootsy singer songwriter
Courtney Marie Andrews has the voice of an old soul. She sounds like she’s been on the road with Emmy Lou and Loretta Lynn for a while. Her songwriting is sophisticated in an understated way, and that’s a huge compliment. She delivers lines …
Luke Sital-Singh – “Nothing Stays the Same”
Luke Sital-Singh’s name has been on the rise in singer songwriter circles for a bit now and this recording from On’t Sofa shows why. Incredibly talented with a raw vocal that exhibits the right kind of desperation. “We hold out for some day …
Ashley Allred–ethereal, instrumental, magical
This morning National Public Radio taught me about Gaelic mouth singing. I’ve been fascinated by throat singing for a while and with the concept of the voice as an instrument. Ashley Allred is not a throat singer or a mouth singer (though I …
Free Music Friday! James Vincent McMorrow
Hey everyone! Happy Free Music Friday! This week, we’re treated to a live album from James Vincent McMorrow, whose album, Post Tropical, received almost unanimous praise last year. This live album contains songs from both his debut album and last year’s release and it’s …
The Lone Bellow – Slip Slidin’ Away
The Lone Bellow released a new album on Tuesday and I’ll have a review coming next week. It’s every bit the follow up to their self titled debut that we hoped for. It’s brilliant, but maybe not as beautiful as this cover of …
Bear Medicine–lofty, haunting, astral sounds from the hills.
I love when bands cannot be fit into a genre. When this one arrived in my inbox it said “rocksy, folksy, weird” next to it. After spending some time with this album, I can assure you that it goes way beyond that. There’s …
The Haunted Windchimes – Hallelujah
As you know, a good band name is all that it takes to grab my attention. I’m a little surprised I haven’t come across The Haunted Windchimes (aren’t all windchimes haunted? I think so.) before. These guys are right up our alley here. …
Tyler Lyle Video Interview
Hey all, as you know, we’re big fans of Tyler Lyle here at EarToTheGround. He’s a supremely talented singer songwriter and he’s currently in the process of raising money to create his new album, The Native Genius of Desert Plants. You can check it out …
