Make no mistake, Common Nation of Sorrow is a protest album. Rachel Baiman’s follow-up to her 2021 release, Cycles (ND review), bucks against a system of oppression that spans from mental health to housing; economic privilege; and capitalism. Baiman’s songwriting […]
It feels odd for me to offer any words of wisdom around Rachel Baiman’s new record, Cycles. This isn’t to say it’s not worthy of an incredible review, because it absolutely is, and it’s not to say it doesn’t inspire the […]
This month’s ND Spotlight artist, Rachel Baiman, has a new EP out with songs exploring Thanksgiving — the holiday as well as the traditions behind it and how they fit into our modern world. The title track, “Thanksgiving” explores the […]
Like many of you, I have gone through the various stages of grief following the most recent presidential election; shock, pain, anger, depression, acceptance and … what is supposed to come next? I just Googled it: reconstruction and, finally, hope. […]
You can probably list 10 Christmas songs off the top of your head. You can probably even think of a standard or two for Halloween, Easter, and the Fourth of July. But Thanksgiving songs are harder to come by. It’s […]
Rachel Baiman at the Station Inn
Rachel Baiman performing with One Up, Two Down on January 7 2018 at the Metropole Guest House, Katoomba NSW Australia
Rachel Baiman performing with One Up, Two Down on January 7 2018 at the Metropole Guest House, Katoomba NSW Australia
This photograph from was shot by Steven Steigman in 1978 and was used in a series of advertisements for Maxell cassette tapes, back in an era when people had use for such things. It crossed my mind the other day […]
