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 …
Category: Folk
The Weekend Rundown: Nothing But The Best For Your Fall Weekend
Francesca Blanchard – “Free” This one might be familiar. If you watch the hospital drama “Grey’s Anatomy”, then chances are this tune grabbed your attention immediately. The singer songwriter plays well to the drama of man without seeming vain or contrived. Her vocal …
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 …
This Week’s Best Tracks
Leo Nite – “Crystallized” If there is a scientific feel to the approach of this artist, it is because there is. The Portland based artist began music as a way to escape the scientific research he did professionally. Blending minimal electro stylings with …
A Music Mix – Get moving today!
If you’re like us, Monday afternoons can make you feel every decision over the weekend. Oof. So here’s a killer list of tracks to get your toes tapping for some optimistic movement this week. The Fine Lines – “Wanderlust Kids” -Artsy types love …
New Music Friday – Episode 40 – Vote in the poll to decide who wins an artist feature!
Here we are again with another exciting contest full of some outstanding music. Thank you for reading this each week and for casting your votes. It means a lot to us to have such an excited following of music lovers who look forward …
Highlighting Four Emerging Folk Artists
Whether you think of folk in the Pete Seeger mold or more of the recent Lumineers mold, it’s a wonderful genre that provides the backbone of our site. We often get submissions from artists putting forth incredible new music, so take a listen …
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 …
Album Review: Good Old War – Part of Me
If you’ve ever read my bio on here, you’ll note that Good Old War is listed as one of my major influences. In fact, it was one of the bands that created the blog at the start. Casey Karger (the cofounder) and I …
Artist Interview: The Other Favorites – Josh Turner and Carson McKee prove to be clever songwriters, not fools at all
From the moment I accepted Josh Turner’s call for our video interview, I felt a sense of talking to someone important. Having corresponded with Carson McKee, the other half of the famous duo The Other Favorites, I was excited to digitally “meet” them …
