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 [ … ]
Category: Music Features
Cover It Up: The Bean Pickers Union “John Brown” (Jimmy Ryan)
The Bean Pickers Union is a Camber-ville institution in my eyes. An ever evolving and revolving cast of characters around the voice and songs of Chuck Melchin…or in this case, [ … ]
Baring It All, Shining Bright: An Interview with Lindsay Lou
What is possibly most apparent about Lindsay Lou and her band is the versatility contained within it all. The ability and comfort in swapping lead and vocal duties. The range [ … ]
Fresh Track: Buckley “Devil Slide”
More often than not I’ve seen the words “country rock” and “crossroads” associated with Buckley and the always on the road songwriter’s tunes. Those things certainly apply to the wandering [ … ]
Singled Out: Adeline Hotel “Looking For The Same Thing”
Who: Adeline Hotel From: New York Song: “Looking For The Same Thing” Latest Record: Away Together (out on October 26th) What About It: “The heart of the record, “Looking for the Same [ … ]
An Interview with Molly Burch: This is My Voice
I first heard Molly Burch a few years ago on Daytrotter and was immediately captivated by her incredible voice and restrained songwriting. Her first record, Please Be Mine, was a [ … ]
Golden Notes: An Interview With David Benedict
More and more 2018 is shaping up to be the year where instrumental records overtake my love of the sung word. David Benedict‘s The Golden Angle is another rung in that [ … ]
Fresh Track: “Spotlight Girl,” by J. Van Cleave
“Spotlight Girl,” off J. Van Cleave’s full-length debut, Lights On, starts with these great stomp-claps before the bass drum kicks in–they fade into the background through the first verse, but [ … ]
Show You Should Know: Prateek at Foam Brewers (10/14)
Boston based songwriter Prateek has had quite a year for himself. Securing a nominee spot in this year’s Boston Music Awards, riding the wave of his first studio single release [ … ]
Folk Alliance International Announces First Round Showcase Artists
The 31st annual Folk Alliance International conference will take place February 13-17, 2019, at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Just last week they made the announcement of the [ … ]