What we often find, as a blog that deals primarily in folk music, is a lot of bands trying to recreate the success of other famous bands. For every Fleet Foxes, Civil Wars, Mumford and Sons, there are an endless number of knock …
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Little Suns- Normal Human Feelings: Brightening the Winter Blahs
Little Suns- Normal Human Feelings Divergent Recordings, 2013. http://littlesuns.ca/ The Little Suns are a Montreal-based group with a debut album out through Divergent Records, and boy, it’s a doozy! Their sound is informed by two of the members’ trip around Eastern Europe, and …
Free Music Friday! Look Homeward
It’s always a joy to find something that truly great and truly folksy and truly and honestly free. This week, we’ve got one from Look Homeward, a family venture and one that’s making some good, honest folk music. Enjoy! And as always, tip …
Fish & Bird – Crazy Dream
Here we go yet again everyone. A little banjo, some awesome bass work (kudos to that bassist, he’s the man), and some typical folk lyricism. “Like he could have been someone from some messed up dream.” Looking forward to going and finding more …
Free Music Friday: The Farewell Drifters
Happy Free Music Friday everybody! Here’s a really exciting one for you from The Farewell Drifters, whose new album is coming out soon. These guys have a really cool sound and one that has us excited for their folksy sound. Check out some …
Dave Calandra – The Refuge
This song. Oh man. Dave Calandra wrote this song for the friends and loved ones he had that had dealt with depression. It’s powerful and this is the sort of thing that we look for. This, this right here, this is what music …
Lily and Madeleine – Sister harmonies make listeners swoon on the NPR Tiny Desk
We’ve covered Lily and Madeleine a few times before because, well, they’re incredible. It’s a confident quietness that comes across in their every performance. They’ll be household names in a year or so. Start with this beautiful collection of songs filmed at the …
William Fitzsimmons – Centralia
I am a huge fan of William Fitzsimmons. His voice, his lyricism, his style, his beard. Everything about him screams genuine. This track is called “Centralia” and it’s vintage William Fitzsimmons. The album version of this song will sound a lot different when …
Quick Hits: The Fox and the Moon and The Intermission Project – Emerging folk music
The Canadian trio The Fox and the Moon released their self titled EP late last year. It highlights their incredible vocal harmonies. Although it’s a short EP “recorded in a cottage,” it’s evident that these are some extremely talented musicians. Their dynamics, vocal …
Jeff Campbell – 4th Street
Jeff Campbell is a very talented singer-songwriter that is starting to get a little more recognition. After a stop on Jimmy Kimmel a few weeks ago, we had the chance to see him play with Megan Slankard at the amazing Center for Harmony …
