Big news! Plus subways, driving times, and dying music scenes. Rachel’s Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/artemathebeast/artema–the–beast See Von’s show heavyheavy — 4/19, Badass Cafe, Bradenton, FL The Suitcase Junket – “New York City” (Mean Dog, Trampoline) Swimming Bell — “Got Things” (Wild…
On paper, Mrs. Greenbird would have been a difficult sell for me: male-female duet, emphasis on the”pop” part of folk pop, a Gothic tinge, big arrangements. Usually that’s an instant “no” for me but there’s a reason Mrs. Greenbird won…
There are a lot of ways to make a living as a musician, but Tom Wardle has cornered a very particular market. The English singer-songwriter is well-known in the Hamptons, making the rounds after moving to New York in 2017.…
If a thousand-yard stare could be turned into music, it’d be DL Rossi’s new album A Sweet Thing (out this Friday.) The 7-song record packs a mighty wallop, distilling Rossi’s past few years of hellish setbacks: cancer, divorce, substance use,…
Dar Stellabotta’s carved out an interesting niche for herself, fashioning modern-day blues on homemade cigar-box guitars. I featured her music last fall and am more than happy to remind you to take a gander at her album Lo-Fi Rejection. Stellabotta…
Sometimes you just can’t let a song go — or, it won’t let you go. This is true of the arresting “On My Mind,” gently unspooled from the ether by Laura Jean Ward and a crack team of backup singers.…
Strap on your cowboy hat and buckle up your bell bottoms — you’ll need both for Girls on Grass’s spaghetti Western psychedelia on their second full-length album Dirty Power. It’s the band’s first release on four years and it reflects…
Ky Burt’s had a varied life that absolutely serves his songs — Burt’s from the Midwest, served as an environmental educator in Arizona, and is now in the Pacific Northwest. His upcoming debut album The Sky in Between, ruminates on…