Sometimes we come across music that does nothing to change the musical landscape but it simply performs perfectly. Allow me to introduce The Dustbowl Revival. They describe themselves in an awesome way. “Imagine Dylan and The Band and Ralph Stanley jamming with Louis …
Category: Americana
Free Music Friday! The Novel Ideas and David Ramirez
Happy Free Music Friday everyone! This week’s edition brings us 2 different sounding folk acts. As always, there’s no cost for these albums, but we highly recommend tipping artists for the work they’re doing. The Novel Ideas When I reviewed Home, back in July of …
Free Music Friday! The Riverside, Griffin House Full Albums
Welcome to the latest installment of Free Music Friday!, where we provide you with the means to get yourself some great, FREE music, thanks to sites like Bandcamp, Noisetrade, etc. The Riverside Last week, we featured a great little 3 song EP by …
Contest Winner: HANNAH FAIR Artist Interview
1) How did you get your start writing music? I found my grandfather’s guitar in his basement when I was about 13 and I became infatuated with that thing. He played a little, and had brought that guitar to Tanzania on a mission’s …
Free Music Friday! Hem, The Riverside, Levi Weaver
Happy Free Music Friday everyone! Today, we’re going to shine the spotlight on a few different kinds of artists. Hem Hem is a Brooklyn based folk band that released their debut album in 1999, which was in a different millennium. Their new, five …
The Barefoot Movement – No Rain (Blind Melon Cover)
One of our favorite unheralded bluegrass groups here at EarToTheGround Music is The Barefoot Movement, a 4 piece band from Tennessee and the Carolinas. The first came to our attention a year and a half ago with their debut and recently finished up …
The Milk Carton Kids – The Ash & Clay
It’s finally here. We waited patiently for the sophomore studio album from Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattingale, The Milk Carton Kids, after Prologue. They exploded in the last year and a half after joining forces and releasing a live album and Prologue within 4 months …
Free Music Friday! Langhorne Slim, Trampled By Turtles, Milk Carton Kids
Free Music Friday! today features a couple of smaller collections and a reminder about our favorites, The Milk Carton Kids. Langhorne Slim and The Law Langhorne Slim and The Law released The Way We Move last year and it was awesome. This small collection …
Free Music Fridays! The Oh Hellos, The Civil Wars, Trouvere
The Oh Hellos First up on Free Music Friday! is The Oh Hellos. Greg did a great review of their album here and also named this album #3 on his albums of the year list last year. This is an awesome chance to …
Milk Carton Kids Premiere “The Ash and The Clay”
We don’t often (read: ever) post things about album debuts on other web sites. But, then again, The Milk Carton Kids aren’t any other band. Kenneth and Joey, first name basis, have premiered their new album with the LA Times, being SoCal boys. …
