Nathan and Rachel are giving all of their Noisetrade tips to World Vision. But listen, I’m not asking for you to give them a listen for charity alone. Their music is extremely high quality. The fact that they do it for such altruistic …
Category: Folk
Among the Mountains–the best use of a bad winter.
I’ve discovered the sound that you didn’t even know you need–or maybe it is the sound you have been looking for. Either way, did anyone else have a horrific winter? Because Grayson Schick did, as did most of the rest of us. Lots …
Free Music Friday! Hem
Happy Free Music Friday everyone! I absolutely love when we find a band that sort of fits in with no other bands we know. When I reviewed Departures and Farewells last year, I was really impressed with Hem and their mellow, female-vocal led stylings. Funnel …
Thoughts on Ray Lamontagne’s Supernova
While we generally eschew the bigger names in the folk music industry (and are there any bigger than Ray?) for the smaller acts for a lot of different reasons, there are times when certain high profile artist merit some attention. Ten years after …
NeedToBreathe – The Heart
While NeedToBreathe’s newest album, Rivers in the Wasteland, is all over the map in terms of quality and certainly not up to par considering their stellar past, “The Heart” it a song that had them going back to their roots. This acoustic, organic song …
Bands I Wish I Found in 2013 – Folk and Acoustic releases from last year that really deserve some press
I do my best to keep up with new releases and cover them. The thing is it’s already a third of the way into 2014 and people keep making music! (Thank goodness) But it also means my opportunities to cover last year’s music …
Tyler Lyle – Ditchdigger
Very few things are as exciting as when a favorite artist releases new music. Usually, it’s marked on your mental calendar and you know it’s Tuesday and you’ve been waiting for the album. NeedToBreathe this week, Ray Lamontagne in a few. But sometimes …
Ben Fisher – Charleston – A new American troubadour sings original folk music
Ben Fisher is a troubadour. Not just a singer of songs, Fisher tells stories with his music, keeping alive a great American tradition more in line with Bob Dylan than much of the recent “folk revival.” Fisher keeps the music classic and his …
The Black Feathers – Strangers We Meet EP – Gorgeous folk music harmonies exactly what Civil Wars fans need
This is, frankly, an album that I needed in my life from the amazing voices of The Black Feathers. The vocal blending of Sian Chandler and Ray Hughes is simply breathtaking. It’s pretty remarkable to hear two people able to connect in such …
Patchy Sanders and the Wild Peach Forest–organic, ancient, orchestral folk.
After I finish writing this morning, I am going to go outside and enjoy the beautiful seventy degree spring day. I am going to the market to buy vegetables, then I will go to the park and lie in the grass and …
