When I first heard about Mark Whitaker I honestly said to myself “uh oh, a songwriting banjo player…this should be interesting”. No joke. We were sharing a songwriter’s in the [ … ]
Category: Locals Covering Locals
Locals Covering Locals: Jenee Halstead Covers Danielle Miraglia
The first time that I heard Jenee Halstead sing I was mesmerized. The perfect amount of twang and heart spiraling together and outward to the audience. The poor audience doesn’t [ … ]
Locals Covering Locals: Mark Kilianski, Amy Alvey, Lukas Pool Cover Maya de Vitry
It’s no secret to those who know me best that my heart lies deep in the bluegrass realm of the musical world. Some of my most favorite pickers of all [ … ]
Locals Covering Locals: Ian Fitzgerald Covers Will Houlihan
There’s an itch that I often can scratch musically speaking. Something in the songwriting realm that is beyond my reach. A sound that is equal parts gorgeous and despair.Songs that [ … ]
Locals Covering Locals: Danielle Miraglia Covers Jenee Halstead
I honestly don’t remember the very first time I met Danielle Miraglia. Every time I see her perform I am so floored by her voice, her attitude, her music that [ … ]
Locals Covering Locals: The Bean Picker’s Union Covers Sean Staples
For a long while I knew “of” The Bean Picker’s Union. A collective of musicians centered around the songs of one of my (now) favorite songwriters, Chuck Melchin. Chuck and [ … ]
Locals Covering Locals: Matt Chieffo Covers The Fantastic Liars
Matt Chieffo is the lead singer, songwriter, guitar/percussion/banjo/banjolin/etc, etc, etc for the haunting folk group “Man Alive!”. His songs tell stories about life, about death, and always seem to be [ … ]
“Locals Covering Locals” Album Release Show: July 5th, Club Passim
I am very proud to announce that the “Local Covering Locals” CD release show tickets have officially gone on sale. More information below and to come, but I will say [ … ]
Locals Covering Locals Video Roll Out…
Seven years ago I was a frustrated, alone, self loathing artist playing any gig that would have me, subsequently becoming more frustrated as a result of playing shitty gigs to [ … ]
Cover Your Friends Feature: Wise Old Moon
I came across Wise Old Moon via Idlewilde Creations. Connor Millican and Corey Pane run this multi-media organization specializing in everything from video to photography to screen printing and drawing/painting. [ … ]