Grace and Tony sing duets that are almost guaranteed to make you smile. One part traditional Americana music, another part gleeful musical fare, these two clearly have experience singing together. Their harmonies are natural and the charisma just oozes from the audio. Although …
NUA- Bold: Nothing Timid About This Debut
NUA. Bold. 2013. http://trionua.com/ NUA comes out of Toronto, Canada, but their sound is a blend of Irish and Scottish influences- complete with bodhrán- and features both traditional and original, and they do it exquisitely. While the group might be new and debuting …
Guest Review: Kate Logsdon on The Lonely Heartstring Band
Boston has shared one of her gems with us. The Lonely Heartstring Band is comprised of five men who love banjos, bluegrass, and The Beatles–those things brought them together and fuel their music. Several of the tracks on their self-titled EP are covers …
Free Music Friday! Fox and the Bird
Happy Free Music Friday! Earlier this week, I wrote about a band called Fox and the Bird and their amazing new album, Darkest Hours. This is a stunning collection of folk music, from a stunning collection of folk musicians. AND, obviously, since it’s free …
Look Homeward – Steamboat
If you’re a fan of the Avett Brothers, allow me to introduce you to Look Homeward. These guys are making genuine, Appalachian folk music, no drums necessary. This song, “Steamboat”, is a perfect example of the kind of traditional folk music they’re making. …
Ryan VanDordrecht – Beast of Love review – Rock singer songwriter channels classic and early 90s rock
Ryan VanDordrecht’s style is loose, but still serious. His new album Beast of Love has an attitude about it that almost defies description. “Beast of Love” seems almost contradictory, since humans generally connect love to feelings of softness, meekness, and sweetness. But VanDordrecht’s …
Fox and the Bird – Darkest Hours – Folk music at its finest
What we often find, as a blog that deals primarily in folk music, is a lot of bands trying to recreate the success of other famous bands. For every Fleet Foxes, Civil Wars, Mumford and Sons, there are an endless number of knock …
Abby Gundersen – Time Moves Quickly review – Beautiful, emotional contemporary classical album
Abby Gundersen, pianist a violinist from Centralia, WA, steps aside from her partnership with her brother Noah Gundersen for her own solo album. Related to the similar folk stylings present in her work with Noah and their other sibling venture Le Wrens, Abby …
Little Suns- Normal Human Feelings: Brightening the Winter Blahs
Little Suns- Normal Human Feelings Divergent Recordings, 2013. http://littlesuns.ca/ The Little Suns are a Montreal-based group with a debut album out through Divergent Records, and boy, it’s a doozy! Their sound is informed by two of the members’ trip around Eastern Europe, and …
WULF – “Lairs” – Official music video full of indie pop goodness!
This is the kind of music that puts a smile on your face! It’s happy, exciting, and fun. Get up, tap a toe, do a dance, and share this great emerging band with a friend. Preserving the kind of good old harmonies that …
