Freight Train Foxes – “Avalance”-This is a relaxed folk song about a disaster. It’s a nice little metaphor in the lyrics. I appreciate the way the lead vocal nestles right into the middle of the mix, allowing the strings to fill out the …
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Five singer songwriters to get September started right
Passenger – “To Be Free” -We’re suckers for Passenger and are happy to share his music here with you all. This song, with its thoughtful piano lines, helps to provide a beautiful base for the eloquent vocal textures from Passenger’s voice. Then the …
Ten need-to-hear singer songwriters
Luke James Shaffer – “Slow Down” -Shaffer’s sound is, frankly, perfect for what we like to cover on this site. It’s definitely influenced by both folk and pop. What I love most, though, is the connection between the spirit of the music and …
New Tracks From Passenger, Interpol, and More
At Ear to the Ground, we put a heavy focus on emerging talent. If given a chance, we rather focus our attention to the underexposed artist than the established one. This is our mission. Yet, as we do this, we still come across …
3 for Thursday::: Three Videos to Make You Believe in the Music Video Again
Passenger “Somebody’s Love” British singer-songwriter Mike Rosenberg, aka Passenger, has a knack for putting to words to the urges within us. His voice quivers and breaks as cracks in the façade we show to others while gently shining a hopeful light and call …
Passenger – 27
Passenger has a new album out this week and I had no plans to cover it. But it quickly jumped to the top of my priority list when I heard this song. Though there are a lot of albums of review and songs …
Passenger – All The Little Lights
In today’s music industry, with the advent of YouTube, Kickstarter, Bandcamp, and others, it’s becoming a crowded place. It becomes more and more difficult to distinguish yourself from other artists. If you’re an indie rock band, you can add a violin, some brass, …
Passenger – “I Hate”
Passenger is a prolific artist that you haven’t heard of because he’s not American. I’m embarrassed about this, but I’ll remedy this in a coming week or so with a review. Until then, here’s a hilariously honest song called “I Hate”. Couldn’t agree …
