Album Review: The Young Novelists – Made Us Strangers From the opening of The Young Novelists’ album Made Us Strangers listeners feel like this is a band from another era. They have a touch of James Taylor and maybe a little bit of …
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Five Gifted Singer Songwriters for November
Five Gifted Singer Songwriters for November It can be difficult to find good singer songwriters in the midst of all the noise out there. Here’s a list of some talented singer songwriters who we support at EarToTheGround. Consider giving them a spin and …
Artist Interview: Joshua Hyslop – Intellectual Indie Folk Singer
Artist Interview: Joshua Hyslop – Intellectual Indie Folk Singer When I ask artists the question of what motivates them to write music, there are a variety of responses, but more often than not it’s some version of “I just need to.” Then there’s …
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: My Politic – Anchor
Album Review: My Politic – Anchor My Politic have just the kind of folksy sound that brings comfort to the soul. They use traditional folk instrumentation and style to make for a delightful overall sound. The best part of the new album Anchor …
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: Beta Radio – Colony of Bees
Album Review: Beta Radio – Colony of Bees It’s shameful that we’re nearly a year away from this release and finally getting it the press it deserves, but here we go. Beta Radio are one of my favorite bands making music because of …
Crowdfunding Friday: Folk artist Brad Almond’s Kickstarter – If a Tree Falls in the Forest
Brad Almond‘s music has a timeless folk feel to it. Although he’s emerging in the midst of the new folk revival, his work sounds like it would have resonated just as well fifty years ago. This audacious Kickstarter has already hit it’s first …
Artist Interview: Chase Coy – Evolving folk pop singer songwriter
Artist Interview: Chase Coy – Evolving folk pop singer songwriter Chase Coy’s album “Youth” brought him to our attention here at EarToTheGround, but he’s been “in the game” for a lot of years. In fact, his career trajectory had a pretty awesome spike …
Crowdfunding Friday: Sam Cook-Stuntz’s “Velveteen Realist” Kickstarter
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 …
