With her new album, Anarchist Gospel, talented singer, songwriter, and guitarist Sunny War continues to acknowledge the effects of anxiety, grief, and social alienation while accessing a notable equanimity. The album stands as a testament to life’s hardships and a […]
Sunny War’s distinctive approach to guitar is no doubt influenced by her days busking on Venice Beach: an inexorable wall of sound that is also fleeting like the ocean. On her previous albums, War’s music lived comfortably somewhere between blues, […]
What’s the difference between an early 20th-century hobo troubadour and an early 21st-century street punk? Not much, probably. Both take a critical outsider view of American society. Both reject materialism. Both hop trains and hitchhike. And both perfect their songs […]
If you’re reading this you’re likely either on your way to Nashville or already there. Or, if you’re like me and a few hundred thousand other roots music fans, you’ll be staying right where you are and feeling awful because […]
Sunny War’s new album With the Sun exposes vulnerabilities, masks toughness, peels off layers of wanting and hope, and reveals glimpses of a ragged humanity that’s by turns broken and whole. As a songwriter, she combines the poetic genius of […]
At the end of the day, it all turns into jazz. At least, that’s my sense of any kind of progression of a genre as it continues to push back against its own conventions. Sunny War’s impressive guitar playing, based […]
Von and Rachel return with a folksier set…as well as Rachel’s unvarnished opinions of Williamsburg. Mark Currey’s “Unless You Move” kicks off the set, though Andrew Carter’s “Tear This Motha’ Down” and Tusk, Her’s “Gianni’s Gun” kick things into high […]
Happy Groundhog Day! Whatever that rodent tells us today, spring is drawing ever nearer, and that’s something to celebrate! This week you can pick from a colorful bloom of new releases, including the Wood Brothers, John Oates, and Sunny War, […]
