UK indie artist Bess Atwell is not new to music, however, her intoxicating mix of folk, pop, and rock is new to us here at Ear to the Ground. (And me personally.) Her newest EP, “Big Blue” released 5 months ago is striking …
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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 …
Tossing Copper – Truth Be Told
Listen up folks. I haven’t been this impressed by, excited about, or thrilled to be on the bandwagon early for an artist as I am about Tossing Copper. This EP, which is free, more on that when the review comes soon, is phenomenal …
Free Music Friday! The Wood Brothers
Since Greg posted his review of The Wood Brothers’ album this week, we thought, for this week’s edition of Free Music Friday, we’d pass along a little free four song sampler of theirs. Check out the awesome lyric driven folk music of The …
David Ramirez – “Find The Light”
Sometimes, we just need a song to pick us up, one that lets us know that things are going to get better. If things are good, then let this song reinforce that for you. If things are bad, just enjoy David Ramirez’s amazing …
Dawes – Stories Don’t End
We all know that bands like Dawes are rare. There are a lot of bands and a lot of good bands that you can put on headphones, drown out the world and pay attention to the music and the way it moves you. …
Josh Ritter – The Beast in Its Tracks
Josh Ritter, as Greg pointed out, is not an up and coming musician. Being listed in Paste’s 100 greatest living songwriters means you’ve made it. The Beast in Its Tracks marks his seventh studio album and he hasn’t lost a step. Ritter will never be …



