Artist Interview: Walking Guy – Art’s Fishing Club There are a few crazy musicians doing a walking tour right now. Marking out a pace of fifteen miles per day, these intrepid musicians are calling themselves The Walking Guys and they’re making quite an …
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Album Review: Moors & McCumber – Pandemonium
Album Review: Moors & McCumber – Pandemonium Moors & McCumber are seasoned veteran songwriters. From the outset of their latest album Pandemonium, it is evident that these talented songwriters have been at it for a while. The maturity in their voices, the ease of their …
Album Review: Cicada Rhythm – Self Titled
Album Review: Cicada Rhythm – Self Titled If you’ve been reading ETTG for a long time, you will recognize the name Cicada Rhythm. In fact, we still have an old recording of these two on our YouTube channel. But Cicada Rhythm have been …
Six Awesome Acts Keeping Folk Alive
Six Awesome Acts Keeping Folk Alive These little lists are a lot of fun. Not only do they give us an opportunity to highlight great music, but they also lend themselves to some pretty unique themes. For the artists represented here, please consider …
Album Review: The Oh Hellos – Dear Wormwood
Album Review: The Oh Hellos – Dear Wormwood The first time I heard The Oh Hellos, I could tell they were the real deal. Not only was it a fun debut album to cover, there was a strand of that quality of unique …
Album Review: Woody Pines – Self Titled
Album Review: Woody Pines – Self Titled Stop what you’re doing and click play on Woody Pines. He sounds like a countrified Pokey Lafarge. It’s that Justin Townes Earle style with a standup bass and fiddle behind him. It might be tempting to …
Five Americana Bands You Have to Hear to Believe
Five Americana Bands You Have to Hear to Believe Yellow Bellied Sapsuckers – Ocooch Mountain Home -Many bands attempt the “old timey” sound, but so few can do it well. Listeners will be shocked to hear that this is a 2015 album and …
Storyteller Song Search – Write music for an upcoming folk music film
We don’t often do “plugs” for something like this, but it seemed like a fantastic opportunity for our readers. Since many of you are either songwriters yourselves or in the music industry, please pass this opportunity to everyone who might be interested. The …
Album Review: Steamboats – Self Titled EP – Exceptional must-hear harmony-rich folk
Album Review: Steamboats – Self Titled EP I love finding EPs for bands that are superbly talented. It means that there’s more to come. Steamboats are the kind of band that I really love because they have all of the elements of success. …
YouTube Gem: The Parker Brothers–Tearing Down the Ghost Town
This. This is wholesome, but not grandma wholesome. That’s not to say that your grandma won’t like it or that there is something wrong with the grandma brand of wholesome. But grandma-wholesome tends to offer you oatmeal cookies with raisins because you need …
