Hey everyone and Happy Free Music Friday! This week, we’ve got a short EP of live songs from a band that we’re excited about from the west called Run River North. Their debut album is due out on February 25th and it’s a …
Category: Folk
Have Gun, Will Travel – Standing at the End of the World
I recently got my hands on the new album by Have Gun, Will Travel and it’s a doozy. The first album I’ve heard so far in 2014 that would have been on my best of 2013 list. But, instead of complaining about missed …
Guest Review: Brian McMahon on fielding’s Our Side is an Ocean – Indie folk rock
This is a track-by-track take on fielding, the duo of Eric Fielding Balmer (Plankeye) and Beth Balmer, and their latest offering *Our Side is an Ocean*. Badlands: Starting off the album with a nice folk tune is a nice choice for the crowd …
NUA- Bold: Nothing Timid About This Debut
NUA. Bold. 2013. http://trionua.com/ NUA comes out of Toronto, Canada, but their sound is a blend of Irish and Scottish influences- complete with bodhrán- and features both traditional and original, and they do it exquisitely. While the group might be new and debuting …
Free Music Friday! Fox and the Bird
Happy Free Music Friday! Earlier this week, I wrote about a band called Fox and the Bird and their amazing new album, Darkest Hours. This is a stunning collection of folk music, from a stunning collection of folk musicians. AND, obviously, since it’s free …
Look Homeward – Steamboat
If you’re a fan of the Avett Brothers, allow me to introduce you to Look Homeward. These guys are making genuine, Appalachian folk music, no drums necessary. This song, “Steamboat”, is a perfect example of the kind of traditional folk music they’re making. …
Fox and the Bird – Darkest Hours – Folk music at its finest
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 …
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 …
