These songs are the black and white polaroids you find in a basket in an antique store. The ones that are captivating enough to grab your attention, to make you wonder, “Who has touched this before me? What happened to it that it’s …
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Twelve Songs for the Last Weeks of Summer
I don’t know where you are, but people in Cleveland are getting a little bit antsy about autumn coming. A whole bunch of my friends have been complaining about the warm sun, the gentle breezes, the green leaves still on the trees. They …
2015 Independent Music Awards – Winners for Folk, Americana, and Related Genres
Independent music is doing pretty well in this digital music age. As such, industry professionals have a lot of hard work sifting through the millions of available albums to find the best of the best. We thought we’d provide a little bit of …
About Music-Themed Online Slots
Visit any online casino and the only thing that may seem more surprising than the various music-themed slots would be the number of music genres represented in the slots’ game rooms. Whether you love head-banging to death metal, or prefer some Miles Davis …
Artist Interview: Honeybucket–essential Cleveland newgrass [FULL INTERVIEW]
Honeybucket is Cleveland’s essential newgrass band comprised of Brendan O’Malley–mandolin player, Adam Reifsnyder on guitar, and Abie Stefanchik brings the upright bass. They have a new album (and a video) coming out in a few short weeks on August 8th and will be doing …
Three Artists Doing Pop Music Right
Three Artists Doing Pop Music Right Most of what EarToTheGround Music covers is something closer to folk or roots music, but occasionally we hear pop music that’s so good we just can’t pass it up. These three artists are exactly that kind of …
Artist Spotlight: Alison May–pastel textured smoke tones
Alison May has a seismically unique sound full of textures and layers. At one point while I was listening to her latest “Dusk Interval” EP, I accidentally turned on Hauschka and it stayed on in the background without me noticing for a long …
Album Review: The Harmaleighs–soulful, gentle, harmonious.
Haley Grant and Kalee Jasperson met in college and something magical happened. They began painting with music and pulled together to become the Harmaleighs. When you listen to their album, “Pretty Picture, Dirty Brush” it evokes softly textured images in softly filtered hues. …
Artist Interview–Benjamin’s Brother
In January I reviewed an eclectic Brit-pop album from Israeli artist, Benjamin’s Brother. I thoroughly enjoyed the updated, timeless sound and the poignant, honest lyrics. When the opportunity to have a conversation with the creator of this album appeared in my inbox, I …
Bear Medicine–lofty, haunting, astral sounds from the hills.
I love when bands cannot be fit into a genre. When this one arrived in my inbox it said “rocksy, folksy, weird” next to it. After spending some time with this album, I can assure you that it goes way beyond that. There’s …
