This is kind of cheating, but it’s enough Dawes to whet my appetite. It’s short, but it hints at an album that will sound significantly different from Nothing Is Wrong, our 2011 Album of the Year. Enjoy this small sampling of what’s to come …
Category: Folk
Fiction Family – “Up Against The Wall”
Fiction Family just released a new album, Reunion, and you can look for a review coming up soon. Here’s one of the songs, one of the best songs, from the new album, “Up Against The Wall”.
Passenger – All The Little Lights
In today’s music industry, with the advent of YouTube, Kickstarter, Bandcamp, and others, it’s becoming a crowded place. It becomes more and more difficult to distinguish yourself from other artists. If you’re an indie rock band, you can add a violin, some brass, …
The Postmen – Desert of Joy
Those of you who follow our YouTube Page knows that I’ve been liking a lot of multitrack music lately. I kept running into a lot of pop multitrack but not much folk, so I dug a little deeper to find this absolute GEM …
Robinson – “Sidewalk Reunion”
Robinson recently released an EP, Fits & Starts, that we talked about before Christmas and the first track on the 3 song EP is this one, called “Sidewalk Reunion”. It’s a really cool, mostly acoustic track with some great vocals and interesting percussion. The …
Mili – “The Red String You Can Tether”
Mili is the pseudonym of Toronto, Ontario based singer songwriter Milindra Kulugammana. The sweet voiced, capo’ed guitar stylings of this brilliant Canadian musician are crystal clear on this track, one of many off of his Convalescence. When mixed with the beautifully written lyrics about being …
Bowerbirds – The Clearing
Guest Review by Lisa Regula Meyer. Bowerbirds. The Clearing. Dead Oceans, 2012. Bowerbirds: http://www.bowerbirds.org/ As the Bowerbirds’ third CD, The Clearing is a good way to get to know this rising folk group. Formed in 2006 in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Bowerbirds have toured …
The Lone Bellow – The Lone Bellow
We’ve spent the last couple weeks trying to make up for albums that we missed in 2012. But it’s time for the first truly great album of 2013. The Lone Bellow’s self-titled debut is a work of genius, an album that blends vocal …
John Fullbright – Hallelujah
I’m a vocal fan of covers. I love them and I love when artists I love cover songs I love by other artists I love. Case in point, John Fullbright (incredible musician) covering Hallelujah (incredible song) by a bunch of incredible musicians. Just …
Fionn Regan – The Bunkhouse Vol. I: Anchor Black Tattoo
Fionn Regan is a talented acoustic guitar musician from Ireland. His music is far more popular than most Americans realize. You’ve probably heard him and didn’t realize it. His style is a blend of many decades of music all melded together in an …
