If you’ve been following our site over the past month or so, you’ve heard Joe Hicks already. He’s a talented singer songwriter with a smart, effective style. Conjuring shades of an artist like John Mayer or Joey Verskotzi, his music is cool and …
Album Review: The Show Ponies – How It All Goes Down (Winners NewMusicFriday Ep. 32)
Obviously we like folk music around here, so when we heard The Show Ponies for the first time we were thrilled to tap our toes along with the music they make. But goshdarnit these folks have gotten better since we’ve known them. This …
New Music Friday – Episode 41- Vote in the poll to decide who wins a full album review!
Our favorite part about hosting these contests is seeing how different artists do. It’s a completely level playing field. Everyone finds out at the same time. Some weeks, bands you expect to win in a landslide register few votes. But all of that …
3 for Thursday: Three Must Hear Tracks
Shay Esposito – “Let Me Down” Her upcoming album Sunday dropped recently and it is something special. The Alberta artist mixes electro pop with heartfelt lyrics that are rare in contemporary music. Her music speaks of something deeper within the human experience. As …
Artist Spotlight: Mac Ayres – New soul songwriter provides soulful “easy” listening
I’ve been waiting to write this since the week Mac Ayres won his contest. Some of you may have caught my interview with him a few weeks ago. Check that out if you want to know more about his back story, but here …
#MusicMondayMarathan – A musical grab bag for fans of rock, folk, and roots music!
What fun is it to have a playlist where every song sounds the same? That’s no darn fun at all. So let’s bring it all. Let’s have a few we can dance to, a few we can cry to, and a few that …
#MusicMondayMarathon – Album Review: Jesse Daniel Smith – Pretty Breakup Songs
Every once in a while we just let loose and cover something we want to cover. Publication cycle be damned! Seriously this album from Jesse Daniel Smith is just a wonderful collection of, as the title indicates, pretty breakup songs. It might have …
#MusicMondayMarathon – Three Acoustic Singer Songwriters
If you’re a fan of the singer songwriters we usually share here, this little post will be no exception. Prepare to be moved, friends. Lizzie Kent – “Secrets” -Call it what you will, Lizzie Kent’s intimate folk style is absolutely captivating. This is …
#MusicMondayMarathon – Quick feature on Winnipeg alt pop rock band Bullrider
If you are interested in alt rock music, Bullrider is a rising band that you need to check out. They can write some of the most infectious hooks we’ve heard in recent memory. We featured them in a NMF a little while ago. …
What’s it like to try out for The Voice? An interview with Dame Cassandra!
We’re all about learning how artists “make it” in the industry, so we asked a friend of the site Dame Cassandra about her recent experiences trying out for NBC’s hit show The Voice. We think you’ll really enjoy her insights here: 1) So …
