An introduction to the music of Illinois five-piece The Way Down Wanderers is like meeting a stranger that you find instantly likable. This was so of the band’s 2016 self-titled debut, and it continues to be so on their new […]
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From the fertile ground of the most recent wave of roots music there has emerged an abundance of noteworthy bands and singer-songwriters. One such band is the LA-based Heathen Apostles, whose latest release, a full-length which combines the band’s Bloodgrass […]
The latest release by Wichita five-piece Carrie Nation & the Speakeasy is an exercise in expanding the mind and crossing musical borders. Titled Gnosis, this epic six-song EP clocks in at twenty-two minutes and accomplishes quite a bit in that […]
Asleep at the Wheel is a band that has gathered many fans during its long history of bringing music to the masses. Established in 1970 in West Virginia and eventually ending up in Texas, Asleep at the Wheel has released […]
Like many others, I discovered the music of Duluth violinist and singer-songwriter Gaelynn Lea shortly after she won NPR’s 2016 Tiny Desk Contest. Since winning the contest, Lea and her husband, Paul, quit their jobs, sold their house in Minnesota, […]
Bluegrass artist John Duffey probably needs no introduction. The late Washington D.C. singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist founded two highly influential bands in the world of roots music, after all – The Country Gentlemen and The Seldom Scene. Credited with widening the […]
In advance of his debut studio full-length, folk artist Dylan Walshe has had a video made for his song “Death Dance.” Pieced together with live performance bits taken from Dylan’s tour with Flogging Molly and the Muddy Roots Festival in […]
Nashville strings and vocals duo Oliver the Crow is comprised of cellist and vocalist Kaitlyn Raitz and fiddler and vocalist Ben Plotnick. Both artists have been classically trained but have also performed in folk and other projects over the years. Indeed, […]
John Lensing, a young singer-songwriter from Colorado, has recently made available a video for a previously unreleased original titled “Joanie.” Despite his youth, Lensing has a musical voice of an experienced and practiced folk artist, which suggests a natural talent. […]
When I received the latest couple of releases from Germany’s Off Label Records and read the album covers, one of the artist’s names reminded me of the kind a ‘90s FM radio disk jockey might give himself, a name to […]
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