Sarah Borges is an enigma wrapped in a shapeshifting cloak that transforms her from a Beantown denizen to a rockin’ Southern belle. Borges forsakes her Boston upbringing when she sings, sounding like a smooth blend of Lucinda Williams and Rickie […]
This week’s new releases have plenty of big names among them, at least in our little corner of the music world: John Hiatt, The Bottle Rockets, Sarah Borges, and The Watson Twins. Elvis Costello, Kurt Vile, and Lucy Wainwright Roche. […]
Here’s a Radio Friendly first: two brothers who share a radio show, “Tangled Roots” on WHUS, and we get answers from both of them. Bill Frater: Where and when did you start in radio and what other stations have you worked at […]
On Americana Music Show #294, Sarah Borges plays tracks from Good & Dirty and talks about “just banging out” the record with Eric Ambel, funding EP, and escaping her kids with rock & roll. Also on this week’s episode I’ve got […]
Amy Black stands in a mostly empty apartment in Boston. She’s on clean-up duty while her husband, Ryan, drives a packed U-Haul with the couple’s Mini Cooper in tow to their new home in Nashville. After nearly three decades in […]
Last week, I was in Chicago and went to see some shows. Mostly I was in town to see The Dead’s final three shows, but on Thursday, July 2, I went out to FitzGerald’s. They were having their 34th annual […]
Four songs in, Silver City suggests the arrival of a potentially major young roots-rock singer-songwriter. Sarah Borges plays with brash confidence, sings with a sultry sass that falls somewhere between Sam Phillips and Neko Case, and shows a knack for […]
