The year of Carly Rae Jepsen and Psy…the year of Frankenstorm…the year of the 47 percent…and even the year of Pennsylvania’s purple squirrel is now drawing to a close. While the fine folks at American Songwriter, […]
Month: December 2012
Shows To Close The Year
And we’re back. We took a few days off to do some shopping, get to know our families a bit better and enjoy some eggnog by the fire. Hope y’all had a folkin excellent Christmas. […]
EXCLUSIVE: Angel Snow – “Oh Holy Night”
Nashville singer-songwriter Angel Snow’s self-titled album (Amazon MP3 & Spotify), released this Fall, was one of our favorites of the year. That’s mostly why we’re thrilled to exclusively share her cover of “O Holy Night,” recorded on […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
It doesn’t happen all that often that I get to gush about the amazing music of real-life friends on this thing. Today, though, is an exception due to the existence of Brooklyn’s own Bridget Davis, […]
Whitehorse Releases Sophomore Album
Back in February, I included the self-titled debut of Whitehorse, the Canadian husband-wife-duo made up of veteran musicians Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet, in my First Sunday Six. The band has since toured the U.S. […]
Revised for 2012 – A Very Grassy Christmas
As we move into our second week of Christmas parties, I thought it would be good to share this fine playlist of more than tolerable Christmas music. This is basically the same playlist that I […]
Photos: grass clippings holiday hootenanny
Thanks to all y’all who made it out to our hootenanny with Joy Kills Sorrow, Plume Giant and Christopher Paul Stelling at The Rock Shop on Wednesday night. It was indeed a fine evening of […]
Hootenanny Songs to Holler for Tonight
The day has finally come. The grass clippings holiday hootenanny is tonight, so I thought I’d share my favorite song from each of the bands so you could help me holler for them. Check it. Doors […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
Are you ready for this? Because the next couple of weeks are about to get crazy. Crazy, ya hear? And it all starts now … well, not really, but we’ll say that because that’s when […]
December’s First Sunday Six
The Boston Boys (Boston) – Led by North Carolinian mandolinist and Berklee grad Eric Robertson, The Boston Boys have recently taken the roots and Americana music (with a notable progressive twist) of Robertson’s homeland to […]
Christopher Paul Stelling to Open the Holiday Hootenanny
Good news and bad news. We’ll start with the bad: The Whiskey Collection has a scheduling issue with the grass clippings holiday hootenanny featuring Joy Kills Sorrow and Plume Giant and will not be able […]
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