Album Review: People You Know – Leaves and Branches Rusty Clanton and Tessa Violet are people you know. I mean… People You Know. If you’re a follower of this blog, Rusty Clanton is definitely someone you should know. I have covered him a …
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Live Show Review: Lake Street Dive at Cleveland’s House of Blues
Live Show Review: Lake Street Dive at Cleveland’s House of Blues Cleveland loves Lake Street Dive. You can feel it in the air. From the moment we walked into the venue, it was obvious that there was a “buzz” around the evening’s act. …
Album Review: Sara Syms – Way Back Home
Sara Syms – Way Back Home – Album Review Sara Syms’ sophomore album Way Back Home is the sort of music you want to blast along midnight highway drives to both keep you awake and, if you’re like me, quench that unending thirst …
Four folk artists to make you look forward to spring
Four folk artists to make you look forward to spring Photo credit: Lori Symmonds It is, technically at least, still late winter here in the States. It’s that time when we look forward to the green sprouts of our favorite plants poking through …
Album Review: Sandy Kilpatrick – Shaman’s Call
Album Review: Sandy Kilpatrick – Shaman’s Call If you’re a fan of deep lyricism, Sandy Kilpatrick should be at the top of your list. His acoustic folk music is intriguing and often placid. Beyond his songwriting, though, Kilpatrick has a calming sensibility that …
Album Review: MaryLeigh Roohan – Living Alone EP
MaryLeigh Roohan – Living Alone EP Emerging from the flames of feminine fires lit by the likes of Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and Bonnie Raitt is the work of emerging songstress, MaryLeigh Roohan, on her latest release Living Alone. These five songs are …
Album Review: Hans Wenzel – Greyhound 77
Album Review: Hans Wenzel – Greyhound 77 Country music has a lot of interesting wrinkles that define it. Sometimes it’s just a twang or intonation, other times it’s a full song structure that makes it country. When it comes to Hans Wenzel’s country …
Album Review: Andrew Sullivan – Lost Again
Album Review: Andrew Sullivan – Lost Again Andrew Sullivan is one of my favorite songwriters that I discovered in 2015, so I was really excited to finally get to his album. I’m not going to mince words here – if you like pop …
Three Folk EPs To Brighten Up Your Weekend
Three Folk EPs To Brighten Up Your Weekend Folk music can be quite a catchall term these days, including everything from full band jangly gang-vocal and hand-clap-filled sing alongs all the way to sad, introspective singer songwriters who like to channel their inner …
Album Review: Earnest Lovers – Sing Sad Songs
Album Review: Earnest Lovers – Sing Sad Songs The Earnest Lovers are the best roots country band I’ve heard in several years. Picture yourself living in the heyday of electrified country music, hearing those twangy electric guitars for the first time. Smell the …
