My husband and I joke about how I am the moody teenager in this relationship. It can be extremely true. Sometimes, however, I go to events and mingle with the actual teenagers and realize that I am not really that much of a …
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Laura Welsh–beautiful, gentle, powerful.
When I first opened the link to Laura Welsh‘s self-titled EP the first thing I thought was, “Wow. She reminds me of Priscilla Presley.” She has those big doe eyes and dainty mouth. Her look is both current and classic, those things don’t …
Murrieta–lively, beautiful desert folk music for everyone.
If I listened to music when I am backpacking, this would be it. This album has a nice, natural sound and beautiful, thought provoking lyrics. Murrieta (named for a Chilean outlaw) is a collection of six gifted gentlemen based in Arizona. Each one …
Shaun Bosch–brought to you by the gorgeous Canadian wilderness
Some albums paint a portrait, a portrait of the artist or of the listener or both. This album is a landscape. It sprawls with gentle highlights, mountains and valleys, trees and rivers, the sun illuminating surfaces and casting shadows. “Silence” is one of …
Seven Reasons to Love Kollin Baer
1. This Texan turned Carolinian plays a whole bunch of instruments, including all of the sounds you will hear on his “The Woods” EP. He also has a voice like browned butter and a hoppy IPA. It’s smooth, mellow, earthy, but there …
Instead of Sleeping–glamorous indie rock and roll from Pittsburgh
I confess that I did not realize that there were so many bands out there with tons of drums. This week I’ve covered two bands with double drums and drummers/percussionists. I’m finding it fantastic. When I first listened to Instead of Sleeping, I …
Br’er Rabbit–adventurous, mountain music.
The story of Br’er Rabbit has been rewritten. Instead of a racially insensitive folk tale set in the Deep South, it is a story of growing up in the Pacific Northwest;three kids running through the woods and around their small city like they …
House of Hats-listen to me, listen to this!
Today I have the great privilege of covering a band which I was mildly obsessed with in college and never got over. I would spend Thursday evenings trawling through YouTube videos taken in Brighton music venues and wishing that they would just make …
Stacey Randol
One of my favorite things about Ear to the Ground is the diversity of music I am given the access to immerse myself in. I used to settle comfortably into a niche for a while until my next niche came along. I don’t …
The Forty-Eight–Radio Symmetry and an Anthem Against Industrialized Art.
Alissa Beyer has been a solo act for a long time. The singer-songwriter recently decided that it was time to try, not something else, but something new. Now she has a band. A great band that supports her sultry rock-and-roll voice so so …
