As the nature of the music business changes, more and more artists are turning to crowdfunding to pay for a new album or tour. While sites like Kickstarter and PledgeMusic used to be primarily for smaller independent artists who didn’t […]
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Aoife O’Donovan is sitting in a coffee shop in Brooklyn’s South Slope neighborhood as the last shreds of sunlight begin to shift from view in the cafe’s front windows. It’s an appropriate scene, considering her new album, out this week, […]
Roosevelt Dime’s Eben Pariser may always remember his 22nd birthday. It was 2005, Brooklyn had become his new home, and he was at the hip borough’s now defunct club Southpaw in Park Slope. He was celebrating his birthday watching Antibalas […]
It’s easy to remember what rocked our ears all summer long, and a no-brainer what the best album of the late-summer/autumn was. But what about the music that eased us into the New Year? Let’s dig through the piles and […]
For me, the year in music was defined by the veterans doing what they do best, and the youngsters running the gamut from homage to innovation. If there’s a common thread running through my year end list, it’s a sense […]
With that voice, the hat and those looks, Sam Outlaw could be a straight-up mainline Big Country Star. He could be wowing the Nashville scene, starring at the Grand Ol’ Opry, working up to headlining that city’s Bridgestone Arena. He […]
“It’s better than Mr. Tambourine man, right?” Hollis Brown guitarist and co-founder Mike Montali quips about the name of his five-piece, New York-based band that is starting to get an international buzz. Keyboardist Adam Bock, though, gets to the heart […]
Punch Brothers – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2015 – Day 1 – October 2nd 2015
I went into the Freshgrass experience not knowing what to expect. I knew a few things, this was a festival at a contemporary art museum, I had friends that had played the fest in the past and they loved it, and that […]
Recently I was chatting with an up-and-coming bluegrass performer about her band. We began to talk about “traditional” bluegrass, and she noted that one of her biggest thrills was to be on the same stage with the Seldom Scene. When […]
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