Month: July 2014
Haas Kowert Tice’s Adventurous Debut
Bela Fleck’s “The Over Grown Waltz,” Edgar Meyer’s “Sliding Down,” Mark O’Connor’s “Johnny Appleseed” and Chris Thile’s “Raining at Sunset” – these are the kinds of memorable modern instrumental tunes that have left the biggest […]
Rochester Harpist Mikaela Davis Plays Brooklyn’s Cameo Gallery August 1st
Mikaela Davis, the Rochester-based twenty-one-year-old orchestra-turned-pop-harpist whose epic YouTube vids of songs like Sufjan’s “Casimir Pulaski Day” will make you wonder why you haven’t seen her yet, is heading to Brooklyn’s Cameo Gallery on Friday, August […]
Newport Folk Festival & ATO Records Partner for Limited Edition Vinyl Series
Last week, ATO and the Newport Folk Festival announced that they will join forces for a series of new limited edition vinyls of ATO artists who will perform or have performed at Newport. The first […]
Ashley Davis – “His Bride I’ll Be” with Sara Watkins
In May, Celtic singer songwriter Ashley Davis released Night Travels (Amazon & Spotify), her fourth album of mostly traditional Celtic tunes. The album opens with “His Bride I’ll Be,” a phenomenal song featuring Sarah Watkins […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
If we had a car, we would want to be your musical taxi this week to make sure you get to where you need to be … and that you prioritize each of the below […]
New Nashville Sounds: Kelsey Waldon, Emma Swift & Andrew Combs
We’ve been talking about the new Nashville (that sounds like the good old Nashville) for so long that it’s not really new anymore, but here are three fine Music City tunes with a throwback vibe […]
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