Late last week, Baltimore-based folk duo The Honey Dewdrops released their fourth album, Tangled Country (Amazon). The pair of native-Virginians, Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish, was also my favorite discovery at MerleFest a couple weeks […]
Mipso’s New ‘Faces’ Single Gives a Glimpse of Forthcoming Album
Photo courtesy of the band A couple weeks back, my friends in the Carolina string band Mipso invited me down to their home state to experience MerleFest for the first time. Like me, Mipso made […]
Sufjan Stevens Joins Newport Folk Festival Lineup
Yesterday, the Newport Folk Festival, our perennial favorite event of the summer, announced that Sufjan Stevens will perform at this year’s Festival in late July. Since seeing Stevens perform at The Beacon Theater in Manhattan […]
Courtney Hartman on Her Spontaneous YouTube Session with Taylor Ashton
A few weeks back, Fish & Bird’s Taylor Ashton posted a series of four gorgeous duets with Della Mae’s Courtney Hartman on YouTube. Recorded by Mason Jar Music’s Jacob Blumberg, the series spans material from […]
At Brooklyn Folk Festival, A Diverse Lineup With a Tight Grip on The Past
Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton – Photo by Arnie Goodman For better or for worse, indie rock and poppy Americana have each creeped into nearly every folk festival out there. Meanwhile in post-everything Brooklyn, the purist […]
Trout Steak Revival’s Travis McNamara on the Band’s New Album & Return to Telluride
With just one, intimidating stage, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival – one of the three big summer events that influence this blog more than any other – is not known to introduce the wealth of new […]
Q&A: Whitehorse’s Melissa McClelland on The Band’s Bond Vibe
Last month, Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland, the Canadian husband-wife duo of singer-songwriters performing under the banner of Whitehorse, released Leave No Bridge Unburned (iTunes, Amazon & Spotify), a follow up to their romantic 2012 […]
Q&A: Jerry Douglas on Flatt and Scruggs, Poppy Bluegrass & The Earls of Leicester’s NYC Show Tonight at BB King Blues
Tonight, The Earls of Leicester, the bluegrass supergroup assembled, organized and produced by veteran Dobro master Jerry Douglas, will perform at BB Kings in Manhattan. Coming off of their Grammy win for the Best Bluegrass […]
Andrew Combs’ Orbison-Like Throwback
Photo by Melissa Madison Fuller Earlier this week, Andrew Combs released All These Dreams (iTunes, Amazon & Spotify), his new album that includes backing from lead guitarist Jeremy Fetzer and pedal steel guitarist Spencer Cullum […]
Q&A: JJ Grey on His New Album & Upcoming Show at NYC’s Terminal 5
Photo by Jim Arbogast On February 24th, Jacksonville-based JJ Grey & Mofro will release their seventh studio album, Ol’ Glory (Amazon, WSJ Speakeasy). Hailing from the same hometown as The Allman Brothers, Grey and his […]
Carl Anderson On His Simple Gospel Song “Hurricane Wind”
On Thursday, Charlottesville native and Nashville-based singer-songwriter Carl Anderson plays The Living Room in Williamsburg, opening up for Mary Bragg. Typically performing alongside his wife, Ellen, Anderson is a songwriter that has been celebrated in […]
Q&A: Kristin Andreassen on Her New Solo Album and Upcoming US Tour Dates
Kristin Andreassen traveled the world her previous projects Uncle Earl and Sometymes Why, but this year the Brooklyn artist embarked on the first headlining tour supporting her solo work. The tour is timed with the release […]
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