The Reconstructed just released its latest album, Great North Wind, and it’s full of the paradoxes and tensions that make people sit down and write songs to try to make [ … ]
Category: Interviews
Singled Out: Josh Gray “Born in Tennessee”
Weeping fiddles, tremolo’ed out guitars and a sepia noir feel explode and mix together in the opening seconds of Josh Gray’s “Born in Tennessee”. You can truly swim in this [ … ]
Singled Out: Tanbark “Heart-Shaped Locket”
Some songs just make me smile, and the moment Chloe Nelson’s voice utters the first words of this tune, the corners of my mouth begin to creep upwards across my [ … ]
Evolving and Adapting: A Discussion with Maya de Vitry
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Fresh Track: “200 Years,” by Hayley Reardon
Hayley Reardon has one of those voices that makes you shake your head. On “200 Years,” from her most recent EP Where I Find You, she shows that impacting a [ … ]
Singled Out: Field Guide “Guest Room”
“Dylan MacDonald writes songs that are cut and dry, 3 minute short stories about past relationships, late night nostalgia or whatever else he might be overthinking on any given evening” [ … ]
Singled Out: Native Harrow “Hard To Take”
Who: Native Harrow From: Woodstock, NY Song; “Hard To Take” Latest Record: Happier Now What About It: “This song was written during the Happier Now recording session in March of [ … ]