As an artist there is a large amount of change and metamorphosis that can be undertaken as you progress in your career. At least, for some of us this is [ … ]
Category: Album Reviews
100Words : Parker Millsap “The Very Last Day”
If a voice was a knife, then Parker Millsap’s vocal could cut out my heart with one swift, clean swipe. “The Very Last Day” is the songwriter’s latest and has [ … ]
100Words: Kacy & Clayton “Strange Country”
There is something of a timeless quality to the music of Kacy & Clayton. An almost medieval meets modernity that confounds sensible reasoning, but the blend works beautifully. Clayton Linthicum’s [ … ]
Album Review: Levi Parham “These American Blues”
A couple of years ago, I clicked play on Levi Parham’s daytrotter session and by the end of the first song I was checking to see when he’d be touring [ … ]
Album Review: Muddy Ruckus “Pretty Bones”
Broke down, broke open, broke up, and plain-ole-flat broke—Muddy Ruckus wants you to dance in the ditch and and bless the blues that make you feel alive. Hailing from Portland [ … ]
Above the Tide: Sarah Jarosz’s “Undercurrent” Sails Strong
Last week I spent a road trip consisting of six hours in a car, each way, with the latest effort from multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Sarah Jarosz. I then got home and [ … ]
The Quahogs ‘Sunny Waste’ Album Review
From the first notes of Sunny Waste, the latest effort from the Providence-based Quahogs, you find yourself unwinding. It’s not a mellow album at all, but it’s not stuffy–the band [ … ]
Album Review: William Tyler “Modern Country”
William Tyler’s forthcoming instrumental album, Modern Country, is gorgeous. And while it ain’t country, these nine instrumental pieces clearly draw on the various traditions of blues and country music that [ … ]
Universal Harmony: Thank God For Science “Self Titled” Volume 1 Review
Inter-galactric space porno music on an acid trip during some trippy part of the late 60s…this was my initial thought when I heard the debut record from Thank God For [ … ]
First Listen: Samantha Farrell ‘September Sun’
Oddly enough, Samantha Farrell‘s September Sun hits me in May…I suppose, whats in a name anyway, right? The record as a whole encompasses a very Autumn kind of a feel [ … ]