This week we stray from our usual roots-y path to bring you some great guitar music from other realms. Also, Superbowl cakes, bad opinions about Firefly, and why activism is important to Rachel. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats – “You […]
Just when I was thinking what an amazing year 2017 was for female artists – the amount of great work is unsurpassed in musical history – Mr. Portnow comes out and says that women need to “step up.” I have […]
Joplin, MO’s indie pop darlings Me Like Bees are gearing up to release their new EP Songs From The Realm on March 30th, but today you can hear the new single “Long Gone.” The EP is a collaborative effort with the Image Comics series The Realm and acts […]
One of the great things about roots music is its tendency to branch into new directions, and we’ve got plenty of that going on from artists with new releases this week. Caroline Rose cranks up the fun meter on her […]
You know Steve Dorff even if you’ve never seen him or heard his voice on the radio. You know Steve Dorff because you’ve heard Kenny Rogers sing “Through the Years,” Mel Tillis croon “Coca-Cola Cowboy,” Dusty Springfield sing “Let Me […]
I’m not sure that the twangy contingent of the roots music intelligentsia will agree with me on this one, but I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the vocal group harmony style that emerged out of African American communities in […]
Red Moses and Sami Knowles met by chance at a party where they found themselves engaging in a fight over the preferred lighting. Yet, instead of the disagreement pulling them apart, the two began collaborating, creating a channel for the energy […]
There’s a lightness that comes with acoustic folk music. Sounds ring out, fade naturally, and often have an openness to them that makes the whole style feel more breathable. Add this sentiment to the sprightly and delicate songs jointly composed […]
Former professional bareback rider Ross Cooper is prepping the release his debut album, I Rode The Wild Horses, on March 9th. Produced by Eric Masse (Miranda Lambert, Rayland Baxter), I Rode The Wild Horses features contributions from Erin Rae on vocals, Jeremy Fetzer of Steelism on […]
I simply didn’t get it. My wife and I were early in our bluegrass journey at Pickin the the Pasture, near Lodi, New York, on a hill high above fabled Lake Cayuga, with Cornell University sitting ten or twelve miles […]
