There are moments when scouring the internet for new music that can just stop me in my tracks. I had one of those moments with Della Ray, a wonderfully simplistic indie folk act that captures everything right and beautiful about the indie music …
Category: Folk
Free Music Friday! Tossing Copper
I recently revisited this delightful EP and found it to be even more mesmerizing than I initialy remembered. It’s perhaps the most lyrically brilliant thing that I’ve heard since we started this from start to finish. Give this the 25 minutes that it …
Johnnyswim – Diamonds – New folk duo may be the best in years
A few months ago, Johnnyswim, the moniker of Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano, released their EP entitled Heartbeats and immediately captured everyone’s attention. With perfect harmonies, impressive songwriting and an energetic and unique sound, they garnered praise from nearly everyone who heard their music. …
From the Valley – Don’t Fly Away – Folk music duo make beautiful harmonies for charity
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 …
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 …
