Banjo, guitar, harmonica – check, check, check. The Crooked Brothers released an excited little EP that shows promise of much more to come. Bring your dancing shoes to this party because the Crooked Brothers will get your toes tapping. Actually, the first track …
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Greylag – Classic Indie Rock
Great music, like love, is often found in the most random and mundane occurrences. In the case of the exceptional indie rock act Greylag, it was found under the dimly lit café lights at a local coffee house. While music is generally muted …
Sleeping at Last Christmas Collection – 2014 adds “O Come O Come Emmanuel” – FREE download
Some of you have undoubtedly heard about Sleeping at Last, the wildly-popular indie singer songwriter project of Ryan O’Neal that’s been featured in Love Actually, among other places. Well for a few years now he’s been releasing this Christmas collection for FREE and …
Mackenzie Shivers–celtic folk-pop, telling stories and living freely
You should listen to this girl. She made me smile, caught my attention in just seconds. She is a good remedy for a cloudy Tuesday in December. I felt very alive when I went outside this morning. The wind was gentle, the temperature …
Christmas music from emerging artists – Happy Holidays from EarToTheGround Music
Holiday music almost deserves its own genre. Most of us by this point in the month have had our fill of Bing and Percy and Mariah. We’re ready for something fresh and exciting with a touch of that folk flavor. If you tried …
Quick Hits – A little Rock, A Lot of Punk
We get a lot of EP’s at Ear to the Ground. Many of them are rather extraordinary. A humble music writer such as myself is limited by a few short posts each week, which means sometimes he has to cheat and double up …
Ben Abraham – Sirens – Flawless vocals lead a deceptively deep album
If you’ve ever been on Ear To The Ground’s site before, you’ve probably heard Greg or I blathering on about Ben Abraham. Whether we were posting on of his phenomenal covers or acoustic originals, we could and can not get enough of him. …
Planes on Paper – Ruins – Exceptional, emotional folk duo
Navid and Jen are their names. Their voices are perfect together, like a hand in a glove. They are smooth and wonderful. It’s not every day that we cover a three-song EP around here, but this one is worth the time. These two, …
Mayor Byrne–idyllic, forested reality.
When winter starts up every year, I get weird. I lie on the floor and stare out of the window, I cry a lot. I run around on the ice barefoot, saying things like, “I think I need to be more grounded.” I …
Honeyrunners – Soulful and Righteous Rock & Roll
There is no profound reason to why I like the Honeyrunners, I just do. One quick listen and I was hooked. The Toronto based band blends soulful vocals with blues guitar and keys to make songs that make you shake, stomp, and sing …
