Happy Free Music Friday everyone! This week we’ve got the religiously tinted bluegrass stylings of The Vespers and a huge sale from Amazon. First up is The Vespers, a four piece bluegrass band that produces some awesome music, that is especially awesome if …
Category: Folk
Bronze Radio Return – Up, On & Over
Often times, when writing a review, I have a hard time categorizing a band or describing a band because they don’t sound like anything else we’ve heard. While that’s certainly true for Bronze Radio Return, the sextet out of Hartford, Connecticut, I found …
Free Music Friday! Bronze Radio Return
Happy last Free Music Friday in June everyone! This week, we’ve got a download from a band that I’m really excited about, Bronze Radio Return. These guys just released their new album, which I’ll be discussing in depth next week and it’s the …
The Barefoot Movement – Figures of the Year
Bluegrass is a genre that often get overlooked because it can be grating. The fiddles, the banjos, the vocals can all be turn offs to the casual music listener. One of the reasons that Nickel Creek was so successful was their ability to …
New Sweden – New Sweden
The amazing band New Sweden describe their sound as “American music” and that vague description could not be better. From the opening track of this latest EP, it’s evident that these musicians have spent a lot of time with real American music. Reflecting …
The Folk Remedy – Sirens
Here’s a band and a song you’ll hear more about on Free Music Friday. Formed in Manchester in 2012, The Folk Remedy is a great indie folk trio and this song is the first track on their debut EP called “Sirens”. It’s a …
Free Music Friday! Matthew Mayfield
For this week’s installation of Free Music Friday, we’re really excited again to give you free music from an artist that we absolutely love. Matthew Mayfield, who just released his Irons in the Fire EP, is one the best singer-songwriters out there today and …
Green River Ordinance – Chasing Down the Wind EP
There are few things that get me as excited about the release of new music from my favorite artists. Green River Ordinance is one of those bands and Tuesday had a new release from the guys from Fort Worth. Last year’s Under Fire was a …
Jack Klatt – Love Me Lonely
Sometimes artists try to sound like another era, but often come up short. Other, rare artists, personally embody another era. That’s what we have here with Jack Klatt, a musician who embodies an era of classic folk music… and by classic I mean …
Hey Rosetta! – Graceland (Paul Simon cover)
This video doesn’t technically qualify under the arbitrary standards we have set for ourselves for youtube videos. However, it’s about a lesser known band and an amazing video. I’m not sure what more you could ask for. This is Hey Rosetta! performing “Graceland” …
