Janus, the third album from LA songwriter Matt Kivel, might be one of the more interesting releases I have heard in a long time. Kivel, who has quite the musical resume that includes mostly full band work (i.e. Princeton, Gap Dream), has branched …
Category: Folk
Album Review: Canyon City – Refuge EP
Album Review: Canyon City – Refuge EP The opening song of Canyon City’s debut EP is “Fix You,” a cover of the Coldplay hit. That might sound like a run of the mill place to begin an acoustic EP, but it immediately shows …
Album Review: Hello Industry – When I Was Young
Album Review: Hello Industry – When I Was Young Hello Industry is the married duo of Nathan and Heather Peterson. They are pretty much the kind of people we all wish we could be; inspiring, resilient, and able to make beauty out of …
Album Review: Darlingside – Bird’s Say
Album Review: Darlingside – Bird’s Say Hey let’s not mince words; I really like Darlingside. In fact, when I got the submission, I put a little star beside it with my initials so that I’d remember to personally cover it. It’s exactly the …
Guest Review: Siri Undlin on Karrnnel Sawitsky & Daniel Koulack – Fiddle & Banjo: Tunes from the North, Songs from the South
Karrnnel Sawitsky & Daniel Koulack – Fiddle & Banjo: Tunes from the North, Songs from the South by Siri Undlin Hailing from the more maple-leafed side of our North American continent, Sawitsky and Koulack bridge the roots-music distance between North and South – …
Casey Dubie – Strangers – – Exactly What You Need
Casey Dubie has won a place in our hearts. Her music is aware of the battles of everyday life, while still, somehow, letting an unbeatable spirit of optimism shine through. While initially labeled under that great ubiquitous title of “singer-songwriter”, on her third …
Joseph Sant – “Sea White Salt” – – Beyond the Sea
There is an unquantifiable feeling one gets when faced with a large body of water. The massive expanse mingles with our mortality, weaving a crashing love affair between the immediate and the ultimate. Ever taking what nature gives while never giving an inch …
Album Check: Chris Marshall and the August Light–Some Kind of Dream
I was a runner in highschool but then I had a knee injury and a hip injury from running, from dance. I’m still really active. I do ballet, yoga, hike, pilates but I don’t run. Not much makes me feel like running. I …
Album Review: Jenny & Tyler – Of This I’m Sure
Album Review: Jenny & Tyler – Of This I’m Sure Jenny and Tyler‘s album Of This I’m Sure is one that absolutely could have made my top 20 albums of 2015. I regret only that I got to it a few weeks too late. But …
Five Folk Bands to Start Your 2016 Off Right
Five Folk Bands to Start Your 2016 Off Right These list articles are fun to write. They allow us to introduce our readers to multiple new and emerging artists. The great, fear, though, is that sometimes will not find the article as easily …
