Sometimes I just need to do a post of music I like. There’s no agenda here. I’m not being paid by these artists to promote their work. I can tell you that Fullbright has a new album *Songs* coming out soon. I don’t …
Category: Singer Songwriter
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. …
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 …
Liza Anne – The Colder Months – Gorgeous vocals inspire authentic female singer songwriter
A little bit of steel guitar and a whole lot of clear female vocals make The Colder Months an absolutely stunning album from Liza Anne. While a bit more layered in its musical complexity than other artists in the singer songwriter genre, it’s …
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 …
Ben Fisher – Charleston – A new American troubadour sings original folk music
Ben Fisher is a troubadour. Not just a singer of songs, Fisher tells stories with his music, keeping alive a great American tradition more in line with Bob Dylan than much of the recent “folk revival.” Fisher keeps the music classic and his …
Lewis Watson – Some Songs with Some Friends – Pop singer songwriter’s upbeat new EP
Lewis Watson‘s music seems to be all over the place these days. His style is infectiously pop, infinitely relatable, and the kind of music that keeps a lot of people happy. It works in commercials and TV shows. It’s streaming on multiple online …
The Sea The Sea – Love We Are We Love Review
As a blog that mostly focuses on folk music, we have identified a lot of different sub genres within that. This is something that we do to help you the reader have an understanding of what it is we’re talking about, but also …
Nathan Reed – “Lion’s Song”
“Oh death where’s your sting? Oh death where’s your victory?” Ripe with imagery from scripture and harmonies that seem heavenly (see what I did there?) this single is really a great piece of songwriting and performance by the up and coming Nathan Reed. …
