“I’ve waited 27 years for this. For the first 25 years of that wait, I didn’t even realize I was waiting. I never thought I’d have a record to call my own,” writes Chelsea Nolan. “But something felt way too […]
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Pete Mancini’s found that sweet spot between nostalgia, melancholy, and optimism and boy is he milking it for all it’s worth. You can hear this on last summer’s album, Alive in Pachogue. Pete’s fronted Butcher’s Blind and I’ve written about […]
Melanie Brulée’s new album, Fires, Floods & Things We Leave Behind, explores the wide open spaces of the Wild West — and she’s got the voice to fill it. Brulée splits her time between Nashville and Toronto, though she’s drawn […]
Springfield, Illinois’ The Deep Hollow would seem to have an overnight success story, but that’s not actually the case. Staples of the local music scene of Springfield, Illinois, Micah Walk, and DaveLittrell have an especially long list of previous credits […]
You know how sometimes there are three volcano disaster movies that all come out at the same time? That’s kind of what happened with Nick Hornby’s novel Juliet, Naked. By complete serendipity, Perry Serpa began work on an album inspired […]
Not to put too fine a point on it, but I don’t think Emma Ruth Rundle’s new album, On Dark Horses, could have come out in any other year. While many people turn to music for escape, there’s no question […]
It’s been far too long since the Pollies’ transcendent Not Here. Fortunately, the three years since their sophomore album’s released hasn’t dulled the band’s luster. If anything, they’ve stayed as sharp as ever, playing as backing bands for the likes […]
There’s been a resurgence in harmony-based folk, but that doesn’t mean fads are synonymous with shlocky quality. Newcomers Club was founded by John Roach and Geoff Lynn. Raised outside of Boston on old folk music and Dad’s radio, they moved […]
There are lots of people who write songs. There are many people who write great songs. But there are few people are able to invite you into the idiosyncracies of their headspace for the duration of their songs. Mylo’s music […]
“I tried to imagine men recording this music,” Lindsay Kay recalls, “even men I love working with, and it made me uncomfortable. I needed people who could truly connect with the music on a personal level and would allow me […]
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