We’re going to make a new feature on the site – a daily playlist that releases at our lunchtime. So grab a balogna sammich and enjoy some tunes. Here we present five singer songwriters who will melt your precious little hearts. Jordy Searcy …
Tag Archives: acoustic
Acoustic songwriters with moving songs
We’re big fans of magicians who can make strings vibrate and create beautiful sounds. We call them guitar players. But when a really talented acoustic artist can create a song that moves us, we can’t help but share it. Nathan Peterson – “Dance …
Shhh – Take a listen to these thoughtful singer songwriters
Just calm down, would you? I know you’re getting a lot of music from the fine folks at ETTG, but let’s just relax for a bit and take in some coffeeshop music. Do you smell that? Oh wait, that’s the coffee. No, do …
Album Review: Vincent Colbert – Dark Days EP
Sometimes music feels like it resonates with the mood of my life or just the world around me. On this Monday after a nation-shaking moment of violence on Saturday, the title of Dark Days resonated a bit too well. The soothing acoustic guitar …
Artist Spotlight: Jeffrey Martin – Stunningly authentic singer songwriter
My first introduction to Jeffery Martin’s music was a mistake on my part, actually. I received a physical copy of his album Dogs in the Daylight, but because it had some intense looking dogs on the cover, I was afraid to play it …
Paul Sweeney – “Loss” – An acoustic guitar instrumental delight
Paul Sweeney is an extremely talented guitar player. Rather than try to come up with fancy words about his song, I’d like you to just listen to it. Sometimes the temptation with instrumental music is to let it be the “background” to some …
Five fantastic troubadours you need to know
Songwriters are integral to our experience as humans; they use poetic words and engaging instrumentation to help us reflect on our humanity. Some, even, do it well. Here are five fantastic troubadours who help us connect with the depth of our identity. Nigel …
Album Review: Stu Larsen – Resolute
If you’ve been reading this site for a while, you’ve heard the name Stu Larsen. In some ways, he’s exactly the type of act that we designed the site to cover. He’s brilliantly successful, but for some strange reason he’s not quite as …
Album Review: Simon Baum – Better EP (Winner NMF Ep. 46)
One of the steady characteristics of ETTG has been our love for acoustic singer songwriters. But the thing is, as many as there are, not all singer songwriters have that special quality that makes them stand out. Simon Baum has the quality of …
Album Review: Arpeggi – Senioritis
Arpeggi is one of the most-supported artists we’ve covered on the site this year. Not only did their raucous fans manage to win them the NMF contest a few months back, they also shared the heck out of my feature on their Soundcloud …
