Among singer-songwriters who transformed from leading lady of a pop-new wave act on a major label to developing a substantially successful solo career mostly on her own terms, Aimee Mann is a rare American pioneer. As crazy as it sounds, the […]
Whatever happened to Sexy Sadie? Embodied by Dana Fuchs, she’s alive and well and ready to knock your socks off — if you let her. “I would love people to know that I’m first and foremost a songwriter, a singer, […]
Liz Longley is happy. Really, truly happy. Really. That might be hard for some to believe, especially after hearing songs the expressive artist has written about a few heartbreaking relationships during her search for everlasting love. Maybe the Pennsylvania native, Berklee […]
This was a year of firsts for the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons, Colorado. Most notably (and noticeably, for that matter) was the debut of Mavis Staples, the 77-year-old gospel-R&B-soul singer who still performs with an evangelist’s fervor. “Well, […]
No matter where they play, the Lone Bellow find a way to make a good impression. When a music festival organizer offers you the hat off his sweat-soaked head as a token of admiration and appreciation, that’s a clue you’re doing […]
On the road again after taking an extended break in 2015, singer-songwriter Kathy Mattea recently decided to grant a request from the audience to perform one of the tunes she wrote for a record released in 1986. Such occurrences aren’t […]
It’s not by accident that Savannah “Sav” Buist, Katie Larson and Michael Dause spend more days on the road than they do in their own Michigan homes. It’s by design. For two young female singer-songwriters who play classical instruments in […]
The name of Heather Maloney‘s alluring 2015 album is Making Me Break, but it just as easily could have been titled Making Me Breakthrough. Comfortably enjoying the ride while staying in cruise control, the contemplative singer-songwriter from Northampton, Massachusetts, got […]
From the 2015 Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons, Colorado. Members (from left): Enion Pelta-Tiller and David Tiller. Taarka is a husband-and-wife duo who lost their home in the September 2013 floods in Lyons that also wiped out Planet Bluegrass, […]
From the 2015 Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons, Colorado. Members (from left): George Mousa Samaan, Charly Akert, Liam McCormick, John Seeterlin, Laura Bergmann, Owen Sutter and Charlie Giesige.
