I first met Connor Millican after inquiring about being involved in his The Old Guitar series that he ran under the Idlewilde Creations umbrella. It wasn’t until much later than I discovered how talented a songwriter and fervent performer he was on stage. While […]
Tift Merritt’s fantastic new album, Stitch of the World, perfectly represents the depth of her voice and songwriting that so many fans have come to know and love over the past 15 years. There is a thread through these songs of confidence […]
Valerie June’s new album, The Order of Time, will be released March 10, 2017. It is totally stunning. It is understated and confident, pairing June’s incredible vocals and sharp lyrics with instrumentation that is on the surface fairly simple, but reveals […]
With Newport Folk tickets going on sale for 2017 next week it seemed due time to dig up this interview we did with honky tonk hero J.P. Harris at Newport this past July and finally transcribe it. Harris performed an absolute barn burner of […]
This summer at Newport, Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent (aka Shovels and Rope) hung out at the Museum Stage for an unannounced set of new material alongside longtime friends and road buddies Hayes Carll and Allison Moorer. They traded […]
Beneath the faint hint of a soft-spoken-southern-gentleman twang and a short brimmed Stetson sits a man who has had his fair share of heartache and hard times. A man who can take that emotion and inject it fully into verse […]
Dietrich Strause has been a mainstay on the Boston/Cambridge music scene for years. His music bridges gaps–between folk and folklore and across genres. He recently released a new album, How Cruel That Hunger Binds, and I had the chance to talk with him […]
Its really once in a lifetime that a band comes around like Mandolin Orange. The voices of Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz were seemingly destined to make music and beautiful sounds together in harmony. Like finding that final puzzle piece under […]
When an artist you just witnessed melt hearts and tear stages apart asks you to make his portrait in a port-potty … well, in this case I happily oblige. Ben Cooper and his project Radical Face is something of an […]
The Cactus Blossoms have a vibe to them. An almost timeless quality that incites the immediate need to grab a parter and dance. The harmonies, the feel and atmosphere all within their music, well its a wonderful thing. We caught up […]
