Chicago trio Fort Frances have released one of the most enriching collections of tunes I’ve heard so far this year with their brand-new five-song EP, Harbour. Following their impressive 2011 debut The Atlas, an album that won the trio an abundance […]
Hailing from the thriving musical community of Peterborough Ontario, Express and Company is the band led by singer-songwriter Dylan Ireland, and their debut album, Ontario, is one of the most instantly lovable genre entries I’ve heard in years. Listing roots-rich […]
The cover art of Phosphorescent’s Muchacho depicts a grittily lit scene with two topless women on a motel room bed – one on her back and the other upright and beaming, sporting a cowboy hat. Matthew Houck (aka Phosphorescent) laughs […]
The first song on Josh Ritter’s seventh album, The Beast in Its Tracks, is a one-verse scene-setter that the brilliant singer-songwriter delivers with his perfected brand of poignant wordplay. Ritter, who for me sits atop an elite tier of modern […]
On his sophomore album Mercury State, Hull, U.K. singer-songwriter Daniel Pearson digs deep into recession-era discontent to deliver a gripping album of melancholic conviction and stark beauty. The nine songs that comprise Mercury State present a captivating and earnest voice […]
The mention of new bands hailing from Brooklyn in 2013 is likely to conjure a variety of sounds and styles in your mind, but you’ll be forgiven for failing to place deeply earnest, majestically crafted “country-soul” at the top of […]
The Delta Saints know a thing or two about how to market their sound and personalities. They do exactly that right up front in their bio. On the band’s Facebook page, the Nashville five-piece announce their interests to be “Women, […]
The story of Sixto Rodriguez and the Academy-Award-nominated documentary Searching for Sugar Man, a film about the mysterious, triumphant narrative of Rodriguez’s life and music, are genuine wonders for the ages. A street-walking musical poet of inner city Detroit crafted […]
The mysterious, incredible story of Rodriguez is a tale of uncommon power, and Searching for Sugar Man is the brilliant documentary that brings it to vivid life in nearly perfect fashion. Sixto Rodriguez was a singer-songwriter from the streets of […]
The pairing of JT Nero (aka Jeremy Lindsay of JT and the Clouds) and Alice Russell (Po’ Girl) in a collective under the name Birds of Chicago is the sort of magnificent union you’re rooting for at a wedding with […]
