They don’t always have to be sad songs, yannow? But it is pretty difficult to write a happy one. Danny Goring gracefully succeeds on “The Blinding Light.” It’s a love song, but it’s also a song that reminds us to…
It’s not often that an artists takes 46 years between albums — let alone tours extensively to support it. But when Lavender Country, the first known recorded queer country band, was rediscovered in 2014 by Paradise of Bachelors records, it…
Von and I have been giving the High Divers a whole lot of love lately. (In fact, you’ll hear a few more songs off their Sadler Vaden-produced EP Ride With You on Friday’s episode.) The Charleston-based band delivers gentle folk…
I just spent the day at Coney Island and it’s clear W.C. Beck feels the same way about it as I do. It’s one of the last places in the city that hasn’t been glammed up for Instagram. It’s a…
Don’t go into Brad Gerke’s Burden expecting resolution. That’s for the next album. According to Gerke’s statement on Bandcamp, Burden was nearly complete in a burst of productivity right when Gerke completed his previous album. But we all know how…
Elliah Heifetz is a first-generation American singer-songwriter born to political refugees. After writing musicals and pop songs with premier Broadway & Hollywood talent, Elliah turned to his first love—folk music—to sing his own story. In 2018, he released his first…
Brush off your Spanish, because Alex Cuba’s “Dividido” will have you singing along in no time. Cuba, nee Alexis Puentes, is a Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter. He’s netted two Juno Awards for World Music Album of the Year: in 2006, for Humo…
Don’t let anyone tell you that rockabilly is dead. And definitely don’t tell Johnny Ray, a man of many monikers. You may know him as Matchstick Johnny or Johnny Matchstick or Johnny the Matchstick Man. Hailing from Loxahatchee, Florida, Johnny’s…