It doesn’t have to be complicated. Country music, that is. Love, on the other hand, is a Gordian knot of emotions and is often the engine for country music. On “Gramercy,” The Stubborn Lovers find that sweet spot of a…
Earlier this winter, I stuffed myself into an oddly-shaped room in a former Bushwick warehouse. The room was, at best, 6 people wide and about 80 feet long. It was a familiar scene, something I did throughout my twenties. But…
Western Massachusetts folk band Love Crumbs and Cloudbelly have teamed up on the sprawling folk pop “Vacant Dream.” “This song is about my brother – about loving and grieving the loss of my relationship with my brother while he struggles…
Nashville’s Deathcruiser – the moniker of songwriter + Grizfolk vocalist Adam Roth – has shared his powerful new single “Superman” on the 5-year anniversary of his sobriety from alcohol. The track is available to stream now on all DSPs worldwide.…
I’ve been on an intense Ursula K LeGuin kick lately (hyperfixation, you might say?) Specifically, I’ve been enchanted by the Earthsea series, one of those masterpieces of fantasy literature that is marketed to YA audiences because the language is simple,…
Adobe & Teardrops favorite Tucker Riggleman has a new track out, and it’s an interesting shift from his most recent work. For the past few years, Riggleman has turned to a harsher sound, spleen-filled rock that lives somewhere between garage…
Ṭaüs طاووس is the debut solo music project of transdisciplinary artist Ṭaüs Tamara Jafar. Without being tethered to medium or genre, Ṭaüs’ creative output is bold, raw, and confidently vulnerable. Their work in music explores openings into ecstatic state and…
Two elements become immediately apparent in Alice Howe’s new album, Circumstance: Howe’s resplendent voice and the sunshine that feeds it. Circumstance shows off Howe’s chops, to be sure — with the album recorded at FAME Studios, who could resist some…