Like most people in the music business, I found myself shocked and surprised by the sudden death of Dirty Linen. A venerated publication for folk/roots/world music, Dirty Linen was where I learned of many great new bands or musical movements. […]
The brand-new roots country album from master songwriter Caleb Klauder (of Foghorn Stringband) hits the road today! Entitled Western Country, this is Caleb’s second album tapping into his passion for old-timey country music and it’s already building buzz! Check out […]
If you’ve read my blog, you know that I’m pretty obsessed with the idea of hillbilly hip-hop, or hip-hop with backwoods twang. I thought it was dead, but just discovered the strange legacy of the Juggalos and a brand-new wave […]
In honor of the all-star indie-roots festival Pickathon, which takes place August 6-8, we’re going deep into the repertoire of Black Prairie, the indie-stringband formed by Decemberists’ Chris Funk and Jenny Conlee (plus a number of ace Portland roots musicians). […]
We’re proud to welcome the first guest blog from our friend and self-professed hillbilly banjo picker, Clayton Kelly Walter. This blog is a review of the debut CD from old-time wunderkind Frank Fairfield. We’ll let Kelly tell you about it, […]
We’re gearing up to start promoting Caleb Klauder‘s brand new album, Western Country. As the frontman of Foghorn Stringband, Caleb has played a defining role in the Northwest’s rich acoustic music scene, and we’re huge fans of his dry-dusty voice […]
Pity poor Cajun music. Its existence in the late 20th century had become a pretty sad thing, what with all the crawfish t-shirts, the rubboard ties, the coming of shitty Chinese-made button accordions, and the million-and-one Whitey McWhiterson bands from […]
Hearth Music is proud to announce that our very good buddies, The Water Tower Bucket Boys, have officially released their new CD, Sole Kitchen. This CD features all original songs and tunes from the Boys, and it charts the course […]
That’s some hot “castanet” playing! Just heard that the Carolina Chocolate Drops got “featured” on Howard Stern’s radio show. By featured, we mean that he played a whole track and tried desperately to figure out what the hell they were […]
Here’s a guest CD Review of one of our favorite recent CDs: a Cajun twin-fiddle release from Linzay Young (of the Red Stick Ramblers) and Joel Savoy (Marc Savoy’s son and founder of Grammy-nominated Valcour Records). Joel’s coming to Seattle […]
