At its best, music can either make us confront our true selves or provide the most incredible escape. This week, we tip our hats to the latter. Whether it’s the otherworldly songwriting of Damien Jurado, the dreamy literary quality of […]
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This long-awaited album is finally out on April 1, 2016 on River House Records, and it is not an April Fools joke. It is very easy to say it was worth the wait for these 12 gems. Seven of the songs, […]
Julian Dawson was originally an integral part of the British folk music scene. He’s performed with Richard Thompson, played in the band Plainsong with Iain Matthews, and appeared at the annual Fairport Convention reunion festival in Cropredy, which is where […]
Back in January, Steve Earle and Willie Nile had to cancel their City Winery show because of our awful New York winter weather. It’s April now, though still too cold for me, and the gentlemen reconvened with us for a […]
Willie Nile’s artistic renaissance continues unabated. Having championed rock ‘n’ roll guitars on his last few albums [1 2 3], he now strips himself down to singer-songwriter roots with his own piano serving as the primary backing for these intimate […]
I nearly didn’t write this review. It’s been over two weeks since Willie Nile played The Real Music Club in Belfast with his new album If I Was A River in his back pocket. But, some things need to be […]
Niles first disc in a decade is stuffed with sentiments, awash with hooks and bursting with exemplary instrumentation. Its as if ten years of music was instantly downloaded from his head in a sudden burst of urgent inspiration illustrated in […]
With his raspy yelp of a voice, a poetic gift both urbane and romantic, and a wildly kinetic and acrobatic stage show, Willie Nile burst onto the late ’70s New York City scene as the bastard spawn of Bob Dylan […]
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