Artist Interview: Navid Eliot of Planes on Paper – PNW folk duo Navid Eliot is a classically-trained guitarist with a real ear for melody. His partner in the duo Planes on Paper is Jen Borst, a photographer with a real ear for harmonies. …
Category: Folk
Greg’s List – 2015 Album of the Year – #10-1
Okay this is it. These are the albums that left a searing imprint on my soul for 2015. These are the albums that keep me smiling, laughing, crying, and coming back for more. This list will undoubtedly frustrate everyone on the planet because …
Greg’s Album of the Year List – #20-11
This is a beautifully difficult task every winter deciding the best albums of the year. There are so many phenomenal bands making music today. Most of what I’ve chosen for this list represents one of two styles – they are either singer songwriters …
Matt’s 2015 Song of the Year List – #10-1
Here it is. So many great songs but only ten can be the top of ’15. There is still time to check out my Spotify list if you want to check my top 30 tracks of this year. Feel free to send us …
Film Review: Long Way to the Top – Excellent documentary on touring musicians
Film Review: Long Way to the Top – Excellent documentary on touring musicians Late Morning Films documentary Long Way to the Top is the story of some pretty remarkable musicians and their life on the road. How I came to find out about …
Matt’s 2015 Song of the Year List – #20-11
Another great year in music. There are few things we at Ear to the Ground love to do more than to create our year end “Best Of” lists. This year, I decided to give more attention to the bands that I was fortunate …
Artist Interview: Tradiio’s own Cecilia Meadows – London-based singer songwriter
Photo credit: Cecilia Meadows Instagram – @cecilia_meadows Cecilia Meadows is a London-based folk singer songwriter. From the first time I listened to her music, I was floored. Not only does she have a gorgeous vocal tone, but her guitar skills are excellent as …
Album Review: Kyle Cox – Blueprints – Authentic songwriter focuses on romance
Album Review: Kyle Cox – Blueprints Let’s not mince words – this EP by Kyle Cox called Blueprints is going in my personal rotation forever. This is one of the best EPs I’ve ever heard and it’s Kyle Cox’s best to date by …
You Tube Gem: : : : Detroit’s Flint Eastwood Crushes Genres and Eardrums
Making music out of a historic re-purposed church in Detroit, Flint Eastwood has recently released a fantastic EP Small Victories. Balancing stirring and emotive lyrics with pop sensibilities, vocalist and mastermind Jax Anderson’s music is both abstract and accessible. Her recent release draws on the …
Album Review: The Young Novelists – Made Us Strangers
Album Review: The Young Novelists – Made Us Strangers From the opening of The Young Novelists’ album Made Us Strangers listeners feel like this is a band from another era. They have a touch of James Taylor and maybe a little bit of …
