A&T Playlists: January 2022 Releases
Listen. I am not trying to make this a thing but other than Tuesday Teardrops, I am moving all of my playlists to Tidal. It was something I was curious about, but the whole thing with Neil Young made me…
Rhyan Sinclair Reclaims The Road With Cosmic Shanty “Interstate Sailors”
Rhyan Sinclair knows how to handle herself on the road. In 2018, she released her first solo full-length, Barnstormer. Later in 2018, she released the holiday EP, Marshmallow World, which was featured on the Americana Music Association’s Holiday Playlist. But recovering from…
INTERVIEW: Quiet Hollers’ Shadwick Wilde On Peace and Despair in the 21st Century
Quiet Hollers have been with me pretty much since I started Adobe & Teardrops, and it’s such a gift to see how they’ve evolved. Formed in Louisville around singer-songwriter Shadwick Wilde, their alt. country-styled debut, I Am the Morning, came…
Using Homemade Instruments, Fathom Finds “The World to Breathe”
If the intensity of Fathom’s song “The World to Breathe” somehow doesn’t grab you, consider watching the folk artist play her new song using found household objects. Fathom is the brainchild of Nancy Howie, singer-songwriter, musician and maker. Raised with…
PREMIERE: Kimberly Morgan York Finds Contentment In The “Real Thing”
Listening to Kimberly Morgan York’s new song “Real Thing” is like swan diving into a time machine. The warmth of the bass and gentle weep of the steel guitar drive buttress York’s classic country crooning. The song marks the first…
The Montvales Find Divine Synchronicity on “Bad Faith”
The Montvales play stripped-down, banjo-and-harmony-driven songs that stick with you. Their shows will take you to places both raucous and reverent, equal parts honky-tonk mischief and earnest meditation on friendship, heartbreak, and place. In our interview, the queer country duo…
Ali Sperry Finds Ways to Stay “Cool Under Pressure”
Ali Sperry, when faced with a year of trauma, racial reckoning, and downright worldwide existential crisis, did what she has always done — turned inward and wrote songs that channeled, mirrored and ultimately DISTILLED those cultural currents — distilled is…
INTERVIEW: Rebecca Porter Summons Classic Country To Create “Prime Rainbow Conditions”
Rebecca Porter is a Harrisonburg-based singer and songwriter making her way from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Rebecca commands any stage with her genre-bending, uniquely powerful voice – seasoned with a dash of country and sassy, southern heart and soul.…