Whether you’re in the midst of a rough semester of college, or just coping with the coming winter commute, fall can start to weigh on you. The early promise of pumpkin spice dies off quickly when the air chills and life becomes a …
Tag Archives: Americana
Album Review: Shawn Butzin – Northern Trails (Winner NMF Ep 53)
I can’t decide if Shawn Butzin sounds more like the Americana revival coming with the Isbell/Adams crowd or if he’s more like the originals like Tom Petty. Either way, fans of that classic rock-meets-folk-meets-country sound will really dig this album from Shawn Butzin. …
Two toe-tappers from Americana band Bigfoot Yancey
If you’re a fan of Americana music, you’re reading the right blog! Aside from that, I’d really like to bring you two engaging and fun tracks from the band Bigfoot Yancey. The first is “El Paso,” a sort of classic western tune that …
Album Review: Man About a Horse – Top quality bluegrass
If you’ve been reading our site for a bit, you already know about Man About a Horse, the Philadelphia based bluegrass outfit. If classic American music is your style, you’ll love these talented pickers. Featured track “Grieve, Cry, and Moan” will have you …
Artist Interview: Joshua James on his latest album My Spirit Sister
Far too often Joshua James’s music has been characterized as “dark.” It’s in this album My Spirit Sister that I realized that James is not dark; he’s honest. He is one of the most honest songwriters making music today, wrestling with raw emotions …
Guest Album Review: Jennifer Brooke on Sarah Morris – Ordinary Things
Sarah Morris – Ordinary Things Album Review Guest reviewed by Jennifer Brooke We’re on the brink of spring here in northeast Ohio. The drab gray sky looms overhead threatening rain but hope of better weather hangs in the air. Well past the holiday …
Album Review: The Talbott Brothers – Gray
The first thing that strikes me about The Talbott Brothers is their genuine artistry. You get the sense that they really love what they’re doing and would be singing even if we weren’t listening. I love that. But imagine a few other pairs …
Album Review: The Good Folks, Vol. 1 EP – NewMusicFriday – Episode 28 Winners
The Good Folks are a folk outfit who impressed us with their initial submission. Sometimes when we process these tracks, we’re not quite sure what the overall band sounds like. From that first song, we’ve come to appreciate a diverse artistry from The …
Little Bit of Everything: A Music Mix for Your Sunday
Sometimes when we curate these lists, we have a neat and tidy theme. Not this time! Here we give you five tracks that we enjoy for vastly different reasons. So put your feet up, grab a beverage of choice, and enjoy an eclectic …
Americana to Watch: Barefoot 57s – NewMusicFriday Episode 26 Winners
So the whole point of the NMF prize is a full album review. However, with the Barefoot 57s, they’re so much an up and coming band that they’ve only released two songs, so we’ll talk about those ones. I’m calling them Americana even …
