I don’t often like to look at an artist and think of their pedigree before listening to their music, but with Monica Rizzio and her latest record “Washashore Cowgirl”, its [ … ]

When creating a record we can strive for many things, but at the core authenticity is something that should remain an ultimate goal as an artist. The Berklee born trio [ … ]

The blues is alive…and it is well, very well. Julie Rhodes debut full length record, “Bound to Meet the Devil” is full blown proof of that. Specked with the fire [ … ]

Above the Prairie, the latest album from The Pines, from Minneapolis, feels like a call and response between the universe and our little lives here on Earth. It is exploratory [ … ]

It is always an extremely pleasant surprise when something comes across the inbox and you immediately love it. Gar Clemens hits that notion for me from the first note. There [ … ]

There is a sensation of almost living out of the context of time as the first track of singer-songwriter Aoife (pronounced eee-fah…get it right people) O’Donovan’s latest record hits. As [ … ]

It is strange to encounter an album that feels so familiar and so fresh at the same time. The Cactus Blossoms’ sophomore album, You’re Dreaming, draws quick comparisons to duos [ … ]

Sometimes simplicity is the key to complexity. Complexity in the sense that a song, or an arrangement, or composition only needs minimal parts to push forward and evoke an emotion. [ … ]

2015 was a year filled with great music, but as is often the case there are those records that get away from you. Unexcusably one of those records for me [ … ]

In a day an age where the chamber-grass of Punch Brothers and anything with a banjo could be classified as ‘bluegrass’ music the unadulterated and raw sound of straight bluegrass [ … ]