“I’ve seen a lot of shows here, and it’s real nice to finally get to play The Nightlight,” Andrew Marlin said last week. The Nightlight, in Chapel Hill, has low [ … ]
Chatham Rabbits: Old Souls (podcast)
Sarah McCombie describes herself and her husband, Austin, as “old souls.” They like old things, old people, and old songs. It’s no surprise then, that many of the songs on [ … ]
SHOW REVIEW: The Lumineers / Caamp (5/24/22 Coastal Credit Union Music Park Raleigh, NC)
In April of 2012, I went to Bull Moose Music in Brunswick, Maine, to get the CD of this band I’d been obsessed with since hearing their four-track session on [ … ]
Video Premiere: Valorie Miller, “Only The Killer”
From the first notes I heard Valorie Miller sing, I was hooked. She has a voice that you can’t ignore. Valorie’s album, Only the Killer Would Know, has been in [ … ]
Song Premiere: “Big Dig,” by The Still Point
At Red Line Roots, we pay attention to community. This whole thing started when Brian decided to lift up some of the artists he admired in Boston by writing about [ … ]
The Tallest Man on Earth Daughter of Swords (Haw River Ballroom – February 26, 2022)
There’s just no other word: this show was cathartic. After two years of postponements and cancellations, Kristian Mattson, aka The Tallest Man on Earth, is back on stage, and he [ … ]
Aoife O’Donovan: Show Me The Heart on Your Sleeve (podcast)
Aoife O’Donovan’s new record Age Of Apathy came out on January 21, and it is sure to be one of the great records of 2022. I have already spun these [ … ]
Scott Hirsch: Love is Long (podcast)
As we head into a very tenuous 2022, maybe it will help you to know about a great album that was released in 2021! Scott Hirsch’s Windless Day is a fantastic record [ … ]
6 more good things from 2021
As we shift into a whole new phase of things that could have been prevented, it’s helpful to know about some good things from 2021. Brian wrote about 7 Good [ … ]
Joe Troop: Making Mistakes (podcast)
When Joe Troop talks about cancel culture, he isn’t just talking about the right wing folks who don’t want any books in school about gay people or racism. He’s also [ … ]