Memorandum to all musicians: your followup albums do not need to be somber! It doesn’t necessarily make you more mature or artistic, though I guess getting older does make people sadder? Returning to a theme, The Greencards’ newest album, Sweetheart…
December will be the 2nd anniversary of Adobe & Teardrops’ existence. I’ve finally gotten into a “rhythm,” have developed something like a voice, and truly enjoy the task of sitting down and writing now. I always thought these were things…
We Can Be Horses, the first full-length album from Milwaukee-based Buffalo Gospel, is a stunner. Like a hit-you-between-the-eyes-and-you-didn’t-know-what-happened kind of deal. Buffalo Gospel’s work is a fine example of modern, minimalist Americana. Vaguely melancholy, cautiously optimistic, 100% moving. The band’s…
For those of you who, like me, need to brush up on your folk music history, Alice Gerrard is a living legend. One of the first musicians — let alone ladies — to popularize bluegrass among ’60s hipsters, she also…
It’s not hard to imagine Hezekiah Goode riding along the plain, running down a stray bull with a lasso in hand. Or whatever. He just sounds so much like what a cowboy should that I feel like that’s just where…
I post a lot of music that I like up here, but there are some bands that make me happy that I’m a music blogger. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have heard about a band like Butchers Blind. If bands like The…
Nicki Bluhm’s polished folk pop grabs you by the ear and doesn’t let go. The Gramblers’ self-titles album may not be for you more rugged readers. But it holds a place in my heart. Bluhm’s sunny voice and the…
Will Schwartz is a lyrical ninja. I actually listened to New Haircut a few months ago and took a pass on it. I didn’t really need to listen to another sad Brooklyn boy play his guitar. But that was stupid…