Sara Syms – Way Back Home – Album Review Sara Syms’ sophomore album Way Back Home is the sort of music you want to blast along midnight highway drives to both keep you awake and, if you’re like me, quench that unending thirst …
Three Singer Songwriters for Mid March
Three Singer Songwriters for Mid March These talented songwriters released their albums last year, but they’re still worth checking out this year too. Maybe they make you party or want to chill with friends, but no matter what I can guarantee there’s something …
Artist Spotlight: NY’s Mainland are the best thing you will hear all month
We at Ear to the Ground get the rare honor to cover some of the best emerging artists from across the world. Like many great things though, we can sometimes take it for granted. The glimmer that once danced behind our eyes is …
Four folk artists to make you look forward to spring
Four folk artists to make you look forward to spring Photo credit: Lori Symmonds It is, technically at least, still late winter here in the States. It’s that time when we look forward to the green sprouts of our favorite plants poking through …
Album Review: Sandy Kilpatrick – Shaman’s Call
Album Review: Sandy Kilpatrick – Shaman’s Call If you’re a fan of deep lyricism, Sandy Kilpatrick should be at the top of your list. His acoustic folk music is intriguing and often placid. Beyond his songwriting, though, Kilpatrick has a calming sensibility that …
Album Review: MaryLeigh Roohan – Living Alone EP
MaryLeigh Roohan – Living Alone EP Emerging from the flames of feminine fires lit by the likes of Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and Bonnie Raitt is the work of emerging songstress, MaryLeigh Roohan, on her latest release Living Alone. These five songs are …
Album Review: Hans Wenzel – Greyhound 77
Album Review: Hans Wenzel – Greyhound 77 Country music has a lot of interesting wrinkles that define it. Sometimes it’s just a twang or intonation, other times it’s a full song structure that makes it country. When it comes to Hans Wenzel’s country …
Fresh Music Sunday / / / Highly Suspect / / / “Serotonia”
Fresh off their GRAMMY nomination, badass rockers and friends to the site Highly Suspect have released a jamming new tune complete with a haunting new video. The boys have been gaining major exposure from their phenomenal debut Mister Asylum and have worked a few new tunes into …
Farewell Ohio – Honest and Nostalgic Rock
Many times in the course of being a citizen of the Buckeye state, the average citizen wishes to say farewell to disappointing sports teams and volatile weather. Yet, maybe it is a love of punishment and heartbreak that keeps us bound to the …
Brenna Whitaker: : : Old Soul, New Video: : : “Love Back”
Some things never go out of style. Unfortunately, some day, the popular music we cling so tightly to now will be a relic, replaced by a future sound or style which in turn will be fossilized for yet another. Yet, in this bleak …
