I’m always excited when something that I’ve been anticipating comes out and even more excited when it exceeds expectations. This new song, “A Bank Robber’s Nursery Rhyme”, from Goodnight, Texas, is off of their new album, Uncle John Farquhar, due out in August. While …
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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 …
James Bay – “Let it go” – High solo male lead with crystal clear intonation, the real deal
James Bay is the real deal. He’s been compared to a number of other artists, but honestly his sound is just really spectacular. He’s both intimate and arena-worthy. He could soar the highest heights or fill the cracks of the smallest room. There’s …
Nathaniel Rateliff – “Don’t Get Too Close” – Just the track for your summer playlist
Nathaniel Rateliff’s music is indie rock or singer songwriter with an occasional touch of sounds I might even call “pop,” but no matter what the critics call it, his music is good! Rateliff’s voice is unique. The band fills in just the right …
The Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men – Trouble Town
Here’s some good old fashioned Southern Rock music. The Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men and their debut, The Wrong Side of the Road, are absolutely jamming with a groovy, toe tapping sound. This is our first “summer, window down driving” album of the …
Nickel Creek – 21st of May
So, in case you’ve been under a rock and missed that Nickel Creek got back together for a new album (or you’ve been dead and not heard of them in the first place), here you go. The album, which is one of their …
The Lone Bellow – The One You Should’ve Let Go – Folk duo keeps our toes tapping
The Serialbox does incredible recordings. When I saw that they did a session with The Lone Bellow, one of our favorites here at EarToTheGround, I had to check it out. As usual, neither the recording nor the band disappoint. Oh and what a …
NeedToBreathe – The Heart
While NeedToBreathe’s newest album, Rivers in the Wasteland, is all over the map in terms of quality and certainly not up to par considering their stellar past, “The Heart” it a song that had them going back to their roots. This acoustic, organic song …
Miner – Hey Love
One of the new up and coming folks acts that’s recently caught my ear is a band called Miner. While it seems like it would be your typical folk band with banjos, mandolins, etc., it becomes something more with unique vocals and a …
Nathan Reed – “Lion’s Song”
“Oh death where’s your sting? Oh death where’s your victory?” Ripe with imagery from scripture and harmonies that seem heavenly (see what I did there?) this single is really a great piece of songwriting and performance by the up and coming Nathan Reed. …
