Discontent and longing tell the story on Shame and Sedition, the bracing third album from New England trio Lula Wiles. From anguish over relationships gone bad to fury at the injustices of the world, Eleanor Buckland, Isa Burke, and Mali […]
Discontent and longing tell the story on Shame and Sedition, the bracing third album from New England trio Lula Wiles. From anguish over relationships gone bad to fury at the injustices of the world, Eleanor Buckland, Isa Burke, and Mali […]
The title of the sophomore album from Lula Wiles, What Will We Do, lacks a question mark, a detail that feels intentional. The title is taken from the traditional folk song “What Will We Do When We Have No Money?”, […]
Here is a story my mom has often told: Years ago, my parents (a folk duo) were playing a show. Afterwards, a woman came up to the merch table and told my mom, “I loved your CD so much, I […]
Lula Wiles is more than a group of impeccable singers, songwriters, and instrumentalists. They’re three women seeking to bring to light the injustices of the world and confront them with their powerful voices. The trio of Isa Burke, Eleanor Buckland, […]
As I’ve written before, I love touring. One thing that often weighs on my mind, though, is how incredibly unsustainable it is to make my living by driving a loaded-down minivan all over the country. In the wake of the […]
Tremolo. Delay. Overdrive. Fuzz. Condenser. Dynamic. Phantom power. Daisy chain. Ground, lift. Passive, active. EQ. Direct, bypass, signal, gain, frequency. Musicians standing still onstage with an ear cocked toward the monitor and an index finger held in the air, signaling […]
As the daughter of two professional musicians (Susie Burke and David Surette), I kind of had a head start when it came to my music career. They taught me that it’s possible to make a good living as a musician […]
No two artists are the same. No two bands are the same. Its those little intricacies prevalent in what we listened to growing up, who we have played with over time, how we got our start in those formative years […]
Recently I opened a couple of shows for my friend Mark Erelli, a great singer, guitarist, and songwriter who’s also based in Boston. During his shows, he began the musician’s traditional “I have CDs for sale” spiel, but his was […]
As I write this, I’m on a plane from Seattle to Boston, returning home from my band’s first-ever West Coast tour. In just over a week, we worked our way up the coast from Santa Barbara, California, to Mayne Island, […]
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