There is something completely transportive that is done to my mind and soul when I listen to Ben Cosgrove‘s compositions. There is a lifting feeling, a feeling of being pulled [ … ]
Category: Music Features
Mando-win: Andrew Marlin to Release Two New Instrumental Records in February
January had been a month where we saw a bit of light on the horizon and then it got better with the announcement that songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Marlin will [ … ]
Song Premiere: “All The Stars,” by Prateek Poddar
“Counting all the stars in heaven up above won’t tell you how they shine.” Man, just when you think all the lines about stars and heaven have been written, here [ … ]
Kamara Thomas: I Am Your Mama’s Country Music
I think the only kind of conversations Kamara Thomas has are wide-ranging. She is a musician, artist, activist, and community builder, and she brings all of those roles to our [ … ]
Twisted Pine: A Broader Conversation
It’s hard to think of a band that has come out of New England recently that has shapeshifted and evolved more than Twisted Pine. The group has seen some personnel [ … ]
Libby Rodenbough: On the Other Side
The first time I heard Libby Rodenbough sing and play the fiddle, it was on Mipso’s daytrotter session and the song was Guy Clark’s “Dublin Blues,” and I became an [ … ]
Song Premiere: “The Blackest Crow,” by A Different Thread
There are certain duos that sing so effortlessly together that it makes you wish you’d been in the room for that first moment when they harmonized. Mandolin Orange, The Milk [ … ]
Singled Out: Noel Smyth “East Coast”
The winter time seems a million years away as the sun seems to be up at all hours and the heat begins to weigh heavy. But even so, as Noel [ … ]
Video Premiere: “Stranger’s Eyes,” by Mark Erelli
When Mark Erelli and I got to chat for the RLR podcast, I asked him about the vocal demand of a song like “Stranger’s Eyes,” which my kids were starting [ … ]
Laura Cortese Livestream!
On July 17, Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards will release their latest album, Bitter Better and you should pre-order it, because it’s going to be one of the best [ … ]