Recent New England Conservatory Grad Sarah Jarosz, who kicks off the Friday session at this week’s Telluride Bluegrass Festival and is on the lineup at next month’s Newport Folk Festival, will release Build Me Up […]
Month: June 2013
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
This week is a week of exciting proportions … for a whole pile of reasons. Here’s one: you’ve got the chance to check out a bunch of fantastic up-and-coming artists like John Fullbright and Sam […]
Phosphorescent: Which Zula for Newport?
Making his Newport Folk Festival debut next month, Alabamian turned Brooklynite Phosphorescent (a.k.a. Matthew Houck) is known for layering his folk songs with sonic textures. “Song for Zula” – the most popular song off of Houck’s […]
Dead Confederate Frontman to Release Solo Alt-Country Album
T. Hardy Morris, the frontman of psychedelic rock band Dead Confederate, is set to make his solo debut next month…and he’s going alt-country. Athens-based Morris has rolled out a few videos of songs from Audition […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
Oh, what we wouldn’t give to revisit that summer of long ago when – for one sweet night – the timbre of Jeff Tweedy’s raspy voice could be heard echoing through the streets of Park […]
Jason Isbell – “Elephant”
On Tuesday, Alabama-native Jason Isbell will release Southeastern (Amazon MP3), his best album yet. On more than one occasion I’ve said that if I could have anyone’s voice, it would be Isbell’s. That hasn’t changed, […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
Disregard your meteorologists, gregorian calendars, astrologists and J. Crew catalogs. Any self-respecting Brooklynite will tell you that summer officially begins when you’re sitting in the grassy knoll near the Prospect Park Bandshell taking in the […]