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 …
Tag Archives: Americana
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 …
Five Gotta-Have Folk Bands on Bandcamp
Five Gotta-Have Folk Bands on Bandcamp Kyler Daron – Ellie EP -From the opening strings through the first sound of Kyler’s sensitive baritone vocals, it’s evident that this is a talented singer songwriter. Daron’s work is highlighted perfectly by female backing vocals (uncredited …
2015 Independent Music Awards – Winners for Folk, Americana, and Related Genres
Independent music is doing pretty well in this digital music age. As such, industry professionals have a lot of hard work sifting through the millions of available albums to find the best of the best. We thought we’d provide a little bit of …
Crowdfunding Friday: Roger Hoover – Americana singer songwriter’s Kickstarter Project
Okay so Crowdfunding Friday doesn’t sound quite as nice as Free Music Friday, but we’re really trying to get the word out on some pretty great projects we’ve found. If you’d like to submit a crowdfunding project for our consideration, feel free to …
Brett Shady–dusty, nostalgic sunshine
It has been raining here all summer but if it was sunny I would love to be lying under a tree with a glass of basil lemonade and the summery sounds of Brett Shady latest album. “National Hotel” is easy listening. It’s not …
Album Review: Tyler Nail – Feathers
Album Review: Tyler Nail – Feathers Tyler Nail is an accomplished singer songwriter with a well-rounded Americana flavor. He is sure to find a lot of fans among the readers of this site. When I initially ran across Nail’s acoustic flavorings, I found …
