There are a lot of songs in the world, so when a collection of them comes along that is the complete package…songs that are both beautiful and deep and poignant [ … ]
Category: Interviews
Down By The River: Interview with Roots on the River Curator Ray Massucco
Last year we moved to Vermont and almost immediately found a small niche of wonderful music in the Roots on the River festival. It was intimate, expertly curated and felt [ … ]
Glenn Yoder: Collecting Light In The Darkness
In a past review I referred to Glenn Yoder as “the king of catchy” and while the singer-songwriter continues to hold his throne on his latest record, there is a [ … ]
Ben Cosgrove: Shifting Landscapes
Ben Cosgrove has a new album, Salt, coming out in May. If you are unfamiliar with Ben’s work, I cannot stress enough how much you’re missing out. He is a [ … ]
Mipso: Finding the Groove
The first time I heard Mipso was the way I hear a lot of new bands: they recorded a stunning Daytrotter session (including a fantastic cover of Guy Clark’s “Dublin [ … ]
Joel Thetford: Stories in the Songs
Joel Thetford’s voice catches you right away. From the start, you know this guy was born to sing a country song. He has a new album coming out on April [ … ]
Making Strings Sing: An Interview with R.D. King
Instrumental music can be a sinfully underrated way to take in emotional, introspective music. What is often times seen as background music at a dinner club or someone with less [ … ]
5 Songs with Zak Trojano
I got to hear Zak Trojano last month, as he opened for Jeffrey Foucault at The Rockwell. I picked up his album Yesterday’s Sun after the show and it’s been [ … ]
Kiss The Ground, Reach for the Stars: Kayla Schureman’s Debut Soars
Listening to countless numbers of records, singles, songs, voices every week can be a monotonous and tedious endeavor. Things start to sound the same, voices bleed together and guitar lines [ … ]
“5 Songs” With Patrick Coman
Patrick Coman’s 2015 release Reds & Blues was a tapestry of red dirt, midwest twang mixed, dust caked and sepia smoke tinged intermingled with deep hues of cobalt and midnight, [ … ]