JT Royster is a wonderfully talented acoustic musician. When I stumbled across his Christmas music through a mutual friend on YouTube, I knew it was a must feature. But I didn’t just want to throw it up here and let it stick. I …
Category: Acoustic
Featured FREE Download: “Baby It’s Cold Outside” by Penny Rae
While perusing the Interwebs for delicious Christmasness, I found this little gem. It’s free… like a present. Enjoy! (And please, please share this wonderful music.)
EP Roundup: Fiction Family, Robinson
First things first: all of these EPs are free on Noisetrade right now (see embedded downloaders below). Fiction Family is the brainchild and musical outlet of Jon Foreman, the frontman from Switchfoot, and Sean Watkins, former guitarist and vocalist of Nickel Creek. It’s …
T. G. Elias – T. G. Elias
If T.G. Elias was from the United States, I’d probably call his music Americana. What do we call it if he’s from the UK? Britannia? Nahhh. Let’s call it awesome folk music. Elias has compiled a fantastic album here, complete with several interesting …
Robert Deeble – The Colors of Dying
Robert Deeble’s intro to this song is fascinating. In the middle of this deeply introspective song, Deeble shows off some fantastic harmonics. His almost understand guitar playing helps make the song work. It seems fitting for a late fall day. Enjoy.
Quick Hits: Ben Kyle / Radical Face
I decided to resurrect the Quick Hits feature for this week. There were two albums that I ran across streaming this week that just seem like our readers would enjoy. Acoustic First we have Ben Kyle’s self titled album. He’s got a great …
Horse Feathers – “A Heart Arcane”
Horse Feathers is an awesome indie folk band from Portland, OR and they released an album this year, Cynic’s New Year, which will be review in the next week or so. To get you excited, here’s a video for “A Heart Arcane”: “Time …
Live Impressions: The Milk Carton Kids and Leslie Stevens
One of my favorite things in the world is discovering new music that is so far beyond anything else that you find it hard to talk about or listen to anything else. Greg and I have not been shy in talking about and …
Megan Slankard – “Our Little Secret”
Our friend and fan Elisabeth Brugone raved to us about Megan Slankard. We agreed she’s an impressive talent. Thanks Elisabeth! (If you have suggestions, feel free to email us eartothegroundmusicblog@gmail.com. We’re always looking for music to post and/or cover.)
Tall Heights – The Running of the Bulls EP
Tall Heights are an incredible duet. They have an uncanny ability to hit the exact notes that highlight one another’s vocals. It’s a beautiful and rare combination. I hesitate to put them in any comparison with Simon and Garfunkel or some similar artist. …
