Well, folks, here we are again. It’s the end of 2013 and time for our 3rd annual end of the year lists. We’ll start with songs and then do our top 10 albums of the year. This year was an incredible year for …
Category: Blues
Blitzen Trapper – Ever Loved Once
Blitzen Trapper is one of the most unique bands making music today. There’s no one else out there that sounds like their Southern rock/folk rock/garage rock combo. It’s an incredible sound and each album seems to show that more and more. Their last …
Free Music Friday! The Wood Brothers
Since Greg posted his review of The Wood Brothers’ album this week, we thought, for this week’s edition of Free Music Friday, we’d pass along a little free four song sampler of theirs. Check out the awesome lyric driven folk music of The …
Amos Lee – “Man Who Wants You”
I’m not gonna do a full review of Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song because, well, it’s Amos Lee and you already know about him. If you don’t, what are you doing here?! Seriously you guys, he’s the best. Here’s a song off the …
Wood Brothers – The Muse – Harmony-filled Americana Album of the Year Candidate
It’s not every day a music writer gets a chance to hear such an accomplished band that can still be considered “on the rise.” The Wood Brothers, an Americana and/or folk rock band fronted by Boulder, Colorado natives Chris and Oliver Wood, have …
Mike Mangione and the Union – Red-Winged Blackbird Man
There’s something special about Mike Mangione and the Union. Nothing that they do and none of the instruments that they use are particularly ground breaking, but their sound is so unique and so heartfelt that it stands above the rest. From the first …
Mission South – Migration Vol. 2
What few people will say about good rock music is that it’s not always the guitar licks or the heavy bass lines or even a good hi-hat… no, it’s the voice. Think about some of the classic rock vocalists of all time… Elvis, …
Jack Klatt – Love Me Lonely
Sometimes artists try to sound like another era, but often come up short. Other, rare artists, personally embody another era. That’s what we have here with Jack Klatt, a musician who embodies an era of classic folk music… and by classic I mean …
Dodgy Mountain Men – Simple Man’s Blues
As usual, this band caught my attention because of their awesome name. I mean, Dodgy Mountain Men? That’s awesome. But so is the music. With some djembes, a mandolin, and a guitar, this music takes on a life of it’s own. This is …
Free Music Friday! Great Divide – Great Divide
I haven’t been this excited about a Free Music Friday yet. Great Divide is a big, jazzy, soul band from Chicago, one whose goal is to bridge the “great divide” between the different genres of music out there today (their words, not mine). …
