The propulsive “Augurs of Spring” rhythms and the contorted “Ritual of Abduction” must’ve called out to Minneapolis’ muscular alt-jazz trio. They bravely delve into Stravinsky’s transformative epic The Rite of Spring. Yes they boil down the orchestra; yet Ethan Iverson brilliantly funnels Stravinsky’s […]
As soon as Zach Chance and Jonathan Clay of Jamestown Revival sat down in the folding chairs behind the media tent at the Hangout Music Festival, it began. Lately, I’ve been low Things been moving slow I could not tell […]
After seeing two acoustic Jason Isbell concerts over the last two years (one with Amanda Shires), Jason Isbell brought his 400 Unit (without Shires) to the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town for an evening of inspired music. Isbell has a […]
The story is, by now, a worn-out cliché. It even shows up on network television shows like Nashville: the influential elder statesmen who helped found a form of music popular today, is granted meetings with record label A&R executives “out of […]
The Hangout Music Festival is more than a weekend of music at the beach for Nashville singer-songwriter Josh Farrow. He has been to every Hangout festival, most of them as a fan, and calls it the best music festival in […]
We were looking at an old Scrabble game the other night, one that was handed down through the years. The plain brown box was in pretty good shape, with hardly any rips or tears, and the glue that they used […]
Last weekend my group Timbre Land Whiskey Band, as well as more than 40 others played a free event in the city of Buffalo called Porchfest. We were lucky enough to share a porch for the afternoon with the local legendary […]
Gann Brewer is a rambler. He calls NYC “home” only part of the time, as he’s usually on the road, crossing the country two or three times a year. Keeping his music simple, or as he describes it, “Simplified acoustic […]
Each year we put out a Hearth Music Guide to the Northwest Folklife Festival, and this year you’ll need it. Folklife is probably the largest roots music festival in the nation, with about 250,000 people in attendance, hundreds of bands, […]
This weeks’ medicine show is a preview show for Americana Cavalcade at Perth Racecourse June 7th with special guests Highland Duo Dave Fleming and Keilan Ross in session, with music from Vanity Fare, No Comebacks, Charlie Roth, The New Madrids, The Red […]
