Sometimes it baffles my mind that we get enough music to put ten bands in this feature every week. That’s 520 bands a year just for this feature. You wouldn’t believe how many thousands we have to reject, too. There are a lot …
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3 Contemplative Songwriters You Need To Hear
Jason Hawk Harris – “Phantom Limb” This songwriter comes from a long line of musicians who have influenced him through the years. While kids his age were chasing typical adolescent pleasures, he was studying musical composition, and still regrets not being able to …
Album Review: The Other Favorites – Fools
If you’ve been reading ETTG for any length of time, you’ve heard about Josh Turner and Carson McKee, aka The Other Favorites. Turner’s viral YouTube station works to bring some really incredible music to our ears on a regular basis, so we love …
Like Political Rock? Like Country? We Have You Covered
Will Hawkins – “Charlottesville” Originally, this track had a more profane title we were immediately drawn to. Of course, some distributing services don’t take kindly to profanity, so we have a more concise title. We appreciate Hawkins’ endearing songwriting greatly. His ability to …
The 4 Best Tracks We Heard This (Or Any) Week
Aaeidi – “Run” How do you communicate something beyond “wow”? Whatever feeling you get beyond those borders is exactly the mood we get from this artist. The soulful singer is a master at crafting heart-arresting tracks with her powerful vocals that speak …
Acoustic songwriters with moving songs
We’re big fans of magicians who can make strings vibrate and create beautiful sounds. We call them guitar players. But when a really talented acoustic artist can create a song that moves us, we can’t help but share it. Nathan Peterson – “Dance …
Two heart-melting singer songwriters
These two singer songwriters have a really unique way about the music they make. One will make you dream of Joni Mitchell, the other will make you think of more recent country artists. In both cases you will melt. Allegra Krieger – “Circles” …
Album Review: Hillside Spirit Revival – Self-titled debut from a rising gospel Americana group
If you are interested in deeply harmonic Americana music, you’ll love Hillside Spirit Revival. Sometimes bands use words like “revival” in an ironic sense, but you can tell from the first verse of the first song that the Hillside Spirit Revival come at …
New Music Friday – Episode 71 – Vote in the poll to decide who wins an artist feature!
We continued to be flattered that so many artists desire a feature on our site that they will send their loving fans this way. What an honor and a privilege. If you are one of those fans, we’d be equally honored if you’d …
Album Review: David Ramirez – We’re Not Going Anywhere
Austin, Texas singer-songwriter David Ramirez has come out swinging with this album. If you are looking for a relaxing Americana album, this is not for you. If you’re looking for some engaging folk rock that might just get you fighting mad, too, then …
