Many folks may know her at as the multi-instrumentalist, power-house vocalist that made up 1/3 of now disbanded raucous roots trio The Stray Birds, but time and reflection has unearthed [ … ]
Category: Music Features
Show (Series) You Should Know: Rhythm Gathering Concert Series (Lyme, CT)
Over time while this publication has expanded beyond the regional reaches it initially started with, we still will always find our home within the borders of and with the artists [ … ]
One More Time: Roots on the River’s 20th Year, Going Out With a Bang
Ray Massucco has great taste. Each year his painstakingly curated line up for Roots on the River never ceases to be a variety of some of the best that “roots” [ … ]
Singled Out: The High Divers “Ride With You”
Photo by Joelle Rosen Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahk. Scratch my nostalgia itch please? Yup, The High Divers are doing that and doing it in an incredibly fantastic way. The moment that the [ … ]
Peep This: Muddy Ruckus “Chasm”
From day 1 Muddy Ruckus‘s songs have had a driving force behind them. An electric energy that moves, sways, dances, pushes, pulls and punches you straight in the gut. A [ … ]
Fresh Track: Lindsay Lou “Keep on Going”
There is something so reassuring about the way singer-songwriter Lindsay Lou delivers each line of her songs. There is a mature confidence in Lindsay’s vocal range. An undeniable powerhouse of [ … ]
Show You Should Know: Driftwood Soldier and Dr. Gasp (The Apohadion Theater – Portland, ME 5/17)
I have to say I am a little jealous. The inimitable Dr. Gasp once told me that he never comes out of his lair, snacking on Vampire Fish and candy [ … ]
Singled Out: Small Town Therapy “Only Shallow”
Vibe and drive. There is an ethereal brush that the violin lines paint across Small Town Therapy’s “Only Shallow”. The guitar lines ringing heavier in the mix. That push, that [ … ]
Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots Announces Daily Line Up
We knew it was coming soon, but to see the full line up laid out day by day for Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots makes the fact that last evening [ … ]
Singled Out: Signe Marie Rustad ‘Die With Your Boots On’
There is something especially contrasting about piano drive tunes. The obvious lightness of the higher notes but in general, I find a piano and a voice to just hit hard [ … ]