I may be a mere 34 years of age (actually I am an old man in the current roots landscape…) but my childhood was defined by music and artists [ … ]
Category: Music Features
Quickfire: Izzie Derry ‘Learn To Grow’
Even a quick look at Izzie Derry’s website elicits a certain aesthetic and idea in your brain about what her music might sound like. The font of her [ … ]
Fresh Track: Honeysuckle “Fire Starter”
I’ve often struggled to put the music of Honeysuckle into a box. At one moment the long, whisping branches of traditional American folk music are obvious and run throughout the [ … ]
Peep This: Jay Bragg “Leaning on the Liquor”
The first time I met Jay was at a songwriter’s in the round gig in Harvard Square. He, myself and a mutual friend Mark Whitaker were to perform upstairs at [ … ]
Quickfire: Gretchen Pleuss’s “Daughter of the Broader Skies”
Gretchen Pleuss is self described as having “soft vocals” and “evocative songwriting” chops. We think she is a whole lot more than a couple of pull quotes on her [ … ]
Singled Out: GoldenOak “River”
Who: GoldenOak From: Portland, Maine Song: “River” Latest Record: Foxgloves What About It: “I spent the winter of 2018 living on a bridged island off the coast of Maine, [ … ]
GO TO THIS: Sub Rosette Residency – Lizard Lounge (4/17)
GO TO THIS SHOW. I REPEAT GO TO THIS…one more time for good measure GO. TO. THIS. SHOW. Sub Rosa was dubbed as secret music society of sorts. [ … ]
First Listen: Merival “I With Mine”
Lilting. I kind of hate that word, but it still finds a way to wedge itself into my psyche (and reviews) from time to time. Its overused and its usage [ … ]
Fresh Track: Anthony D’ Amato “Passing Through”
Rich, sweet, smart, soulful. All things that songwriter Anthony D’ Amato has been called in previous releases and one might argue, could be said about the latest from New York [ … ]
Show You Should Know: Izzy Heltai at Club Passim 4/12
Yesterday I mentioned to Izzy that I was digging through some old video footage that was never released and stumbled across something we filmed at the house just over [ … ]