We often feature these roots-country duos that bring a healthy dose of strings and harmonies to our ears. One of the more intriguing YT “follows” is Kent State University’s “Folk Alley,” which seems to find some of the off-the-beaten-path artists that we love. …
Category: Country
Le Wrens – Don’t Forget Me EP
My biggest regret from the Noah Gundersen show in Pittsburgh last month was not meeting his younger siblings Abby and Jonny. It is Jonny and fellow sibling Lizzy Gundersen who are the key artists in Le Wrens, a Seattle-based folk-country act that should …
David Ramirez – The Rooster EP
A few years ago Matthew Mayfield told me to listen to David Ramirez. For some reason I must have had cotton balls or something in my ears when I gave him that first listen. I just didn’t “get” what he was doing. Then …
Mike Clark – Room 125 Productions Full Set
Mike Clark has a variety of musical personas that he presents to listeners. Here we get a chance to see a stripped-down acoustic version of his music, but even within that construct we get a chance to see a mixture of music styles. …
Wes Kirkpatrick – Wes Kirkpatrick
Not all acoustic singer songwriters are created equal. Because there are so many in the music world today, we spend a lot of time sorting through the ordinary and the exceptional. I’m here to say that Wes Kirkpatrick is in that category of …
Liz Longley – This Is Not the End
There’s not much in life better than a girl and her guitar. We’ve had our ear on Liz Longley for a while. We’re excited to hear her upcoming album, which she plugs in the intro to the video. She’s got that “country, but …
Daniel and the Lion – Death Head
Although most people probably don’t care how I “discovered” a band, I find the story with DATL to be particularly fun. They did a cover of Ray Charles “Hallelujah I Love Her So” that was so incredible I had to know more about …
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 …
David Mayfield Parade – Good Man Down
From the first notes of “Love Will Only Break Your Heart” listeners will know this is a country album through and through. While Mayfield’s music can be, at times, some pretty amazing bluegrass, this album is for the most part “old country.” It’s …
Jeanne Jolly – Angels
Jeanne Jolly has accumulated a rather cosmopolitan resume; classical voice training at school, touring vocalist for a well-known jazz trumpeter. Her heart lies, however, with country music, and the Raleigh, North Carolina singer-songwriter hones her twangy chops well on her full-length debut, Angels. …
