Emma Dilemma – “Eliot and Loren” -If storytelling folk of the Pete Seeger variety is of interest to you, you’ll love this track. Emma Dilemma has a wonderful, accessible sweetness to the sound. The strum pattern works to gently usher in the soft …
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Rising Alt Rock Act – Boston’s Small Talk
A while back we featured Boston’s Small Talk on a NMF and we wanted to circle back around and feature these captivating musicians. The comparison that pops into my mind is the harmonic folk of someone like Good Old War with a little …
Three Must-Know Women in Folk Music Today – Dori Freeman, Anna Tivel, and Sera Cahoone
If you’re a fan of folk music, you’re familiar with legends like Bonnie Raitt or Joni Mitchell, but you may not know the names of the women carrying on that torch today. There are some incredible artists making music in this genre in …
Get the folk in here and hang out with us
I know… the tired “folk” as f-word joke. But if you haven’t noticed, we’ve been writing a lot in the last 24 hours, so cut us some slack would ya? Anyways, here are two folk songs that we think you’ll really like. Reddmond …
New folk for fans of Bon Iver
If emotional, atmospheric folk music is interesting to you, stop what you are doing right now and listen to these two songs. One comes from South Korea, the other from the UK. Both bring a stunning evocative style to new folk music. Gerda …
Check out these glorious indie pop tunes!
We’ve sort of backed into a love for indie pop around here. At first we were folk fans and then we lightened up a little, put down our Leonard Cohen collection, and found some new music. What we’re realizing is that there’s a …
Video Premiere: Miner sing “Carry Me Home” for Woody Guthrie
If you’re a fan of the long history of folk tradition that gives us the music we love today, you know about Woody Guthrie. He is, in some ways, a kind of great grandfather for the people writing folk music today. The disease …
20 Folk Music Blogs for 2017
Last year we decided to do a blog ranking article just as a way of making a contribution to our small little corner of the internet. Well thank you to everyone who viewed that post. It was really successful for us and allowed …
Album Review: Frances Luke Accord – “Fluke”
Frances Luke Accord – “Fluke” Frances Luke Accord released their album “Fluke” this past May and you should really know about it. While the album title might suggest otherwise, “Fluke” is a collection of careful, hauntingly thoughtful songs that are sure to pierce …
Sixteen Sparrows – 16 Sparrows EP – Good, authentic modern folk music
Although this EP is nearly a year old, but it is really good modern folk music by a group that has a wonderful, authentic sound. Piano, guitar, and accessible vocals, 16 Sparrows are a classic American folk band. This introductory EP is a …
