In my humble opinion, there are very few things better this time of year than a great, original Christmas song. Enter Canadian band Hey Rosetta and last year’s A Cup of Kindness Yet, a Christmas EP with a few originals on it. This …
Lily and Madeleine – Sister harmonies create authentic music
Lily and Madeleine beg descriptive terms like “adorable” and “cute,” but really those are almost insults to two accomplished vocalists. Their songwriting and vocal blending serves to provide one of the most unique and enjoyable sounds to emerge in 2013. Their self-titled album …
Alpenglow- Solitude: One to Share
Alpenglow. Solitude. Alpenglow/Bandcamp, 2013. http://www.alpenglowmusic.com Alpenglow is a Burlington, Vermont-based band who’s been milled (Quite ironically- in an old stone mill) into a finely tuned musical machine in fairly short order. Their recordings typically take place in a chapel on a hill, and …
Bea Troxell – “Call Me Mother” – Female acoustic singer songwriter delivers
With a sound that is both old time country and new folk revival, Bea Troxell gives us just enough to keep us interested in what more she has. A sound all her own, Bea has a little Loretta Lynn and a mix of …
Free Music Black Friday Edition! Christmas Music
Happy Free Music Friday! I’m a huge proponent of the “no Christmas music until after Thanksgiving” rule, so I’m excited to be writing and sharing some Christmas music this week. This year’s Paste Christmas Sampler is out and it’s great. Sufjan Stevens, Good …
Run Boy Run – So Sang the Whippoorwill – Gorgeous traditional Appalachian music
It’s nice to know that lost arts are not, in fact, lost at all. Run Boy Run have preserved for our ears something delightful. It feels both old fashioned and very new. It’s a joyous album from beginning to end that a lot …
Elephant Revival- These Changing Skies: Changing the world one note at a time
Elephant Revival. These Changing Skies. Itz Evolving Records, 2013. http://elephantrevival.com Elephant Revival is a quintet that’s emerged from Nederland, Colorado, and in 2011 won a best album of the year award in the progressive edge category from the Indie Acoustic Music Project. Their …
Broken Fences – “Simplicity” – Acoustic duo keeps it simple and beautiful
We’ve been keeping tabs on Broken Fences for over a year now. They have an almost understated ability to make a melody feel natural. This may not be the kind of pop song that makes you sing it all day, but it is …
Free Music Friday! Swear and Shake
Happy Free Music Friday! Today, we’ve got an album from Swear and Shake, a fun, folksy group from Brooklyn. Here’s something free to start your weekend.
Delta Rae – Chasing Twisters
Delta Rae was one of my biggest and most pleasant surprises last year. It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally got some new music from them in the form of their new Chasing Twisters EP. While it features “Dance in the Graveyard” from …
