Blair Borax – “Tender Lately”-If you’re a fan of chill Americana blending classic elements like folk and jazz, you’ll enjoy the talented singer songwriter Blair Borax. There’s an expressiveness in the vocal here that is hard to find in music today. It’s timeless …
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Three new tracks in the Americana and alt country space that you’ll want for your playlists
The 2:19 – “Broken harmony blues”-The opening line of this song is about drinking away your blues. It doesn’t get much more Americana than that. The piano is the defining force of this song, but the bluesy vocals do a pretty good job …
Do you hear the people sing? A harmony-rich playlist
Jekyll Wood – “Who You Are” -The opening harmony on this track is as tight as can be. It starts off there and then grows into a syncopated, hook-heavy fun track. It’s hard to find a comparison here, but the harmonies do remind …
Album Review: Good Old War – Part of Me
If you’ve ever read my bio on here, you’ll note that Good Old War is listed as one of my major influences. In fact, it was one of the bands that created the blog at the start. Casey Karger (the cofounder) and I …
Six Reasons to Add Little Sur to Your Rainy Day Listening.
They’re westerners moved east. Frontman Josh Meer and a bunch of friends brought the Bay Area to Brooklyn and their sound is smooth and fits as easily into country roads as it does rainy city streets. It’s good music for a rainy day, …
House of Hats-listen to me, listen to this!
Today I have the great privilege of covering a band which I was mildly obsessed with in college and never got over. I would spend Thursday evenings trawling through YouTube videos taken in Brighton music venues and wishing that they would just make …
Free Music Friday! Run River North
Hey everyone and Happy Free Music Friday! This week, we’ve got a short EP of live songs from a band that we’re excited about from the west called Run River North. Their debut album is due out on February 25th and it’s a …
Fox and the Bird – Darkest Hours – Folk music at its finest
What we often find, as a blog that deals primarily in folk music, is a lot of bands trying to recreate the success of other famous bands. For every Fleet Foxes, Civil Wars, Mumford and Sons, there are an endless number of knock …
Quick Hits: We Stole the Sun and Cereus Bright – New music in the modern folk revival
This edition of quick hits brings us two remarkable modern folk groups. One is the duo We Stole the Sun with delightful harmonies and subtle songwriting. The other is Cereus Bright, a Lumineers-esque group that could be the poster boys for modern folk. …
Johnnyswim – Heart Beats
Every once and a while, some people get really lucky. You all know what I’m talking about, people who have won the genetic and talent lottery. Well, here we have Johnnyswim, the awkward moniker for Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano. It’s appropriate that …
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