The whole purpose of the YouTube Gem segment is to help people find exceptional music that seems to be slipping through the cracks. Sometimes that’s an undiscovered artist. Often it’s a known artist doing a recording that most of us don’t know exist. …
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The Lumineers – “Stubborn Love”
The Lumineers, in all their Grammy-nominated glory, have surpassed the “up-and-coming” label we’ve given our site. But when we first heard their self-titled debut, we knew they’d be the kind of band that put some new life into the music scene. Here’s a …
Those Willows – “Blue Spotted Tail”
I love covers. Hardly matters who does the cover, as long as it’s good, or what the cover is. But when a new up and coming band that I really like (Those Willows, new album review next week) covers another band that practically …
David Ramirez – Fire of Time
One of our favorites Matthew Mayfield told us that he was a huge David Ramirez fan. Regrettably we never took the time to feature him until now. He’s a remarkable songwriter… and not a bad performer to boot. We’re hoping to put up …
Fiction Family – “Up Against The Wall”
Fiction Family just released a new album, Reunion, and you can look for a review coming up soon. Here’s one of the songs, one of the best songs, from the new album, “Up Against The Wall”.
Robinson – “Sidewalk Reunion”
Robinson recently released an EP, Fits & Starts, that we talked about before Christmas and the first track on the 3 song EP is this one, called “Sidewalk Reunion”. It’s a really cool, mostly acoustic track with some great vocals and interesting percussion. The …
John Fullbright – Hallelujah
I’m a vocal fan of covers. I love them and I love when artists I love cover songs I love by other artists I love. Case in point, John Fullbright (incredible musician) covering Hallelujah (incredible song) by a bunch of incredible musicians. Just …
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 …
The Staves – Icarus
Awesome find by Greg on this one. The Staves are a very popular group in their native England, having played with Bon Iver and Fionn Regan. Their sound is sort of a slightly more mellow, female Mumford and Sons. It’s a cool vibe. …
The Barr Brothers – “Dear Mrs. Claus”
One of favorite albums and bands from last year was The Barr Brothers and their self-titled debut. While this Christmas song wasn’t on that album, it certainly has that soft, harp rock sound that made the album so incredible. Some snow to go along …
