Another record coming from our dear friends down at Dirt Floor in Connecticut, Providence based songwriter Chris Capaldi releases a 7 song collection of rootsy, finger style acoustic driven tunes [ … ]
Category: Reviews
Show Recap: Bahamas at Higher Ground (Burlington, VT 6/8)
A man saunters onto a stage who’s lights have just been brought up. A tuxedo Silvertone Jupiter, well worn to the point you can’t see the name on the headstock, [ … ]
Album Review – Chastity Brown “Silhouette of Sirens”
Chastity Brown’s latest album, Silhouette of Sirens, is fierce. When I say that, I mean that it’s reflective of a whole range of emotions–heartache, vulnerability, anger, longing–that, taken together, develop [ … ]
Fresh Track: Joan Shelley “Where I’ll Find You”
Joan Shelley‘s music came to me via another musician friend’s songs. Last year our pal Sam Moss was on tour with Shelley leading up to a Newport Folk Festival performance [ … ]
One Two…And Some More Please: Jenna Moynihan & Màiri Chaimbeul Soar on New Record
There is something I find enchanting in how two instruments can intertwine with one another and create something so much larger than the sum of their parts. The Celtic and [ … ]
A Sepia Sky: Pete Mancini’s Foothill Freeway
Pete Mancini is a bit of an enigma. In Foothill Freeway he steps off on his own and where his band Butcher’s Blind evoked feelings and sonic landscapes of early [ … ]
Show Review: Mipso at The Sinclair (4/22/17)
Mipso is poised for a breakout year. Their fantastic third album, Coming Down the Mountain, was released two weeks ago, they’re hosting the MerleFest all-star jam in the midst of [ … ]
Show Review: Tift Merritt At Club Passim (4/2/2017)
Tift Merritt sold out two shows at Club Passim on Sunday, taking a break in-between shows to put her 11-month old daughter to bed. If that sounds superhuman to you, [ … ]
Tug At Your Heartstrings: The Brother Brothers Tugboats EP
There is this space where very few songs live. That perfect balance between light and lonely sadness that flutters your chest a bit and when you close your eyes to [ … ]
A Little Help From Your Friends: Aoife O’ Donovan, Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage At First Unitarian (Burlington, VT 3/19)
The sheer brilliance that each of these three artist beholds on their own is mind shattering. Last evening the beauty and utterly sublime nature of the performance put on by [ … ]