I’ve written about Le Wrens before. I feel terrible describing them as Noah Gundersen’s family… but… I mean… they are. But they stand on their own right. The phenomenal family harmonies on this song, “Don’t Forget Me” assure that we will not forget …
Tag Archives: folk music
YouTube Gem: Brandi Carlisle “Keep Your Heart Young”
This is my first public apology. I owe it to Brandi Carlisle and Columbia Records. As it turns out they sent us Brandi’s newest album to review a while back and I haven’t reviewed it yet. As a result, we’re featuring this cute …
Wayfarer – The River
Wayfarer advertise themselves as being a band that “repurposes” hymns and spiritual songs. Essentially what they do is take old spiritual lyrics and create new music for them. That new music, heavily influenced by Dan Koch (formerly of Sherwood) is a beautiful combination …
YouTube Gem: Hoots and Hellmouth – Why Would You Not Want To Go There?
Hoots and Hellmouth have an aggressive folk sound. The voices and instruments are very rich sounds. Comparing them to, say, Mumford and Sons is like comparing chocolate cake (Mumford) to really rich super sweet chocolate cake (H&H). What I mean by that is …
