A number of years back I fell hard and deep into the world of acoustic instrumental music. It has always been there and played a more peripheral role in my [ … ]
Category: Featured Track
Song Premiere: “The Bathtub Song,” by Meaghan Collins
Every day, people say to each other some variation of this exchange: “How’s it going?” “Good! How about you?” “Good, thanks!” And there is no doubt that for a significant [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Fresh Track: “The Hitter,” by Mark Erelli
Bart Giamatti’s essay “The Green Fields of the Mind,” begins with the perfect description of baseball: “It breaks your heart. It was designed to break your heart.” Any Red Sox [ … ]
Peep This: Mile Twelve Covers “Rocket Man”
Bluegrass phenoms Mile Twelve are no strangers to the allure of taking a song performed in one genre and adapting it to their progressive bluegrass stylings. But, to tackle a [ … ]
Song Premiere: “Barefoot Sailors” (Live), Session Americana
Tomorrow, Session Americana will release its latest album, Live at the Haybarn Theatre. The opening track on the album is one of our favorites, so it’s a special pleasure to [ … ]
Song Premiere: “Patricia,” by Reed Turchi
Reed Turchi’s latest album, Just A Little More Faith, came out in April and it’s a real pleasure to premiere “Patricia” here on Red Line Roots. Turchi wrote the song, [ … ]
Song Premiere: “Gas Station,” by Super Doppler
There was a time when in order to get from point A to B, you had to sometimes ask directions. Super Doppler’s new song, “Gas Station,” riffs on that reality [ … ]
Singled Out: Gretchen Peters “Disappearing Act”
Who: Gretchen Peters From: Nashville, TN Song: “Disappearing Act” Latest Record: “Dancing with the Beast” (releasing on May 18th) What About It: “The more Instagrammed [ … ]
Singled Out: Bobbo Byrnes “Angelia”
Who: Bobbo Byrnes From: California Song: “Angelia” Latest record: Two Sides To This Town coming out June 28, 2018 What about it: “Angelia is the muse to carry you away [ … ]