About halfway through this interview with veteran singer-songwriter John Gorka, a clear image started to emerge. For centuries holiness has been kept behind the walls of monasteries where the monks’ primary vocation is to hold the world outside in prayer […]
The honey-warm harmonies and slice-of-life charm of the Keller Sisters’ debut EP Shine recalls the days of summers past. Maybe it’s the sweetness of the vocals or the nostalgic yearning of songs such as “That Room,” but there is an […]
The voice on the other end of the phone is quiet, as you’d expect from one of Canada’s most thoughtful and talented singer-songwriters. “When you make a record, all of a sudden you have to figure out how to talk about […]
by Kim Ruehl, for folkalley.com Let’s just get the Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings comparison out of the way. Good, now we can listen more deeply. After all, Pharis & Jason Romero are artists unto themselves – instrument makers, songwriters, […]
Wilko Johnson, cult guitarist from 1970s beat band Dr Feelgood and herald of English punk rock, is on a high – even though he is dying of pancreatic cancer. The musician, songwriter and sometime actor has watched with amazement as […]
TERRY ALLEN Bottom of the World (Red Eye) Bottom of the World is Terry Allen’s first studio release in over 14 years. There may be no greater maverick than Terry Allen in all of alt-country music. Allen is a standard-bearer […]
Electric, which someone calculated to be Richard Thompson‘s 40th release, features the English folk-rock icon in a power trio setting, with plenty of power provided by drummer Michael Jerome and bassist Taras Prodaniuk, both of whom have been playing with […]
When the likes of Joe Strummer and Paul Weller sung about police brutality and racism in their late 1970s and early 1980s heyday thousands took notice, writes Neonfiller.com’s Joe Lepper. But when National Wake, a multi-racial punk band in Apartheid […]
After being away at a conference for one week, I’m still digging out and getting caught up on my work, which includes discovering some new music. This week, I plan to finally to give a first listen – and a […]
Q-Tell us about the infamous Magic Rats? A- The Magic Rats was then first band I was in. ‘The genesis of the band actually started in Jr. High school. As a 13 year old I was obsessed with music in […]
