Almost every artist involved in the one-man band movement does things his own way, making his endeavor wholly individualized. He selects the type of instrumentation he is going to use, develops a sound often by combining more than one musical […]
Boston, Massachusetts roots rock trio Ten Foot Polecats have been blazing their way down the underground music trail for a few years now, enduring the harsh terrain with all the fortitude of seasoned outlaws, tightly gripping the reins to their […]
Picture a man sitting behind a black kick drum with the word Metronome in white lettering on the front, playing an electric hollow body six-string, wailing his scratchy vocals into a microphone, all the while made anonymous by a black […]
I. Music in Film When artistic mediums collide for certain endeavors they can end up with either absolutely brilliant or altogether disastrous results. Of course, the combining of mediums isn’t a new concept by any means, though the way in […]
*image courtesy of Hillgrass Bluebilly Records Throughout the times and all the way up to the present the enduring repertoires of early country and blues artists have lived on. In many cases the songs are even more popular today than […]
photo by: Andy Hall (originally appeared in Blues in London) When it comes to today’s one-man bands you won’t find anyone else out there quite like London’s Honkeyfinger, who has made it his business to further bend and twist the […]
Gainesville, Florida’s country quintet Whiskey & Co. are just one of the handful of roots-based bands that have joined the No Idea Records roster over the course of the past few years. As a label that is known for working […]
Some weeks back I received a press package in the mail from one Hallie Pritts, otherwise known as “The Girl from Boca Chica,” of the Pittsburgh-based alt-folk collective Boca Chica. You see, in addition to a musician and singer/songwriter Hallie […]
When it comes to the vast and crazy wilderness that is today’s underground music scene, there occasionally comes along a band or singer/songwriter that turns out to be an entirely different breed of animal than we are accustomed to. Fort […]
When I first began my One-Man Band Series a little over a year ago I discovered a lot of different independent artists scattered all over Europe who were heavily involved in the movement. Having never been to Europe it was […]
