on May 21, 2011 at 9:53 pm ×
The Felice Brothers are self-taught. From upstate New York, they moved to Brooklyn and began playing at the 42nd street subway station. They would eventually go on to play festivals all over the country and […]
on May 21, 2011 at 7:15 pm ×
I was waiting all day for Jesus to arrive, but it didn’t happen. Strand of Oaks looks enough like him to suffice for now. The apocalyptically appropriate, “End in Flames” from the album Leave Ruin
on May 21, 2011 at 6:06 pm ×
Finally! Something different! The Low Anthem started out playing homemade instruments in a church basement. Smart Flesh is their first studio project. Yet, it was recorded in an abandoned factory. Go figure. This is a […]
on May 21, 2011 at 9:35 am ×
Chris Tileman is one hell of a mandolin player. I’ll give him that. Produced by the amazingly talented, Jon Brion (I Heart Huckabees), the Punch Brother’s latest, Antifogmatic is Quasi-meets-bluegrass. It makes for an interesting […]
on May 20, 2011 at 7:07 pm ×
Every Friday I will bring you a very dated track in a section called “Flashback Fridays.” The 80s weren’t a good time for anyone. But, buried in the rough of cheesy over-production, we often find […]
on May 20, 2011 at 4:41 pm ×
I like the sound of this band. I do. John Paul White and Joy Williams offer up pleasant folk harmonies, minimal production, acoustic guitar centered roots music. They’re on to something, they just haven’t gotten […]
on May 20, 2011 at 8:48 am ×
The Hagg tells it like it is with his latest album, I Am What I Am. Arguably the greatest country singer/songwriter of all time, there just ain’t no one like him. I am What I […]
on May 20, 2011 at 8:05 am ×
With the release of their third album, Death of a Decade, Missouri based indie band, HA HA Tonka are a little bit C86, a little bit country. Their sound is a blend of jangly Smiths-esque […]
on May 19, 2011 at 4:57 pm ×
On his latest release, Rare Bird Alert, Martin has teamed up with former North Carolina pickin’ buddies, The Steep Canyon Rangers to give us yet another kickass bluegrass album. Not only is it a fine […]
on May 19, 2011 at 4:09 pm ×
Alison Krauss – I respect you? But I don’t want to listen to you. I want to like this album. I really do. Because it’s the only album high up the country charts with any […]
on May 19, 2011 at 2:51 pm ×
How many aged musicians put out shit that’s as good as what they did in their heyday? When legends like Brian Wilson, Paul McCartney or Bob Dylan release a new record, there isn’t much to […]
on June 2, 2010 at 7:07 pm ×
I very often make attempts to turn my country friends onto music they otherwise might sneer at. “Paul McCartney? He ain’t country.” Maybe not in the way we think of “country,” but this is a […]