You ever hear that David Foster Wallace graduation speech, “This is Water?” It follows from that joke where two fish are swimming along and one says something like, “The water’s [ … ]
Category: Music Features
Concert Review: Wood Brothers / Ryan Montbleau June 4, 2021
Shakori Grassroots Live June 4, 2021 “It’s such a blessing to be here,” Ryan Montbleau said about halfway through his opening set on Friday night. Were truer words ever [ … ]
Allison Russell: Can’t Steal My Joy (podcast)
Allison Russell has written a beautiful album. “Outside Child,” was largely written while on tour with Native Daughters–Allison’s collaboration with Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, and Amythyst Kiah–and it is a [ … ]
Singled Out: Ava Earl “Springtime”
A song called “Springtime” couldn’t come at a more opportune time. As the maples have budded out and are spreading their leaves, rustling in the ever warming breeze. Birds are [ … ]
Forecast: Sunny Skies Ahead – An Interview With John Mailander
You could go an entire lifetime and never come across another artist like John Mailander. His musical voice resting on the precipice where beauty meets power. His even temperament balancing [ … ]
Peep This: Bella White “Just Like Leaving” (ftr. Patrick M’Gonigle & Patrick Metzger)
Bella White continues to wow with her signature twang, beautiful and hauntingly penned songs and absolute control of her own and each song’s voice and narrative. She comes back with [ … ]
Big News and Updates From the Freshgrass Fam!
Freshgrass has been a pilgrimage for me personally for the last 6 or 7 years. There is something incredibly magical about the drive up and over the hill country and [ … ]
(Secondary) First Impressions : Watchhouse (fmr. Mandolin Orange) “Better Way”
The folk and roots world woke up to some surprising changes this morning when the duo of Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz announced that their collective Mandolin Orange would be [ … ]
Singled Out: Old Town Crier “Moonlight Road”
There is something very endearing about the cacophony of instruments and sounds in the warm and lo-fi delivery from multi-instrumentalist Jim Lough. Going under the moniker “Old Town Crier”, Lough [ … ]
Green River Festival 2021 Announces Initial Lineup…
“The Green River Festival is pleased to announce that 2021’s festival will include Jon Batiste, Ani DiFranco, Drive-By Truckers, Shakey Graves, Valerie June, and Mandolin Orange. More bands will be announced in the coming weeks. Earlier, the festival announced [ … ]