A&T Playlist #2: Kentucky Hollerin’
A couple of months ago, I heard Addison Wesley and Tyler Childers back-to-back on Ninebullets Radio and I thought to myself “hmm — there sure is a lot of great music out of Kentucky!” So that got me to looking…
INTERVIEW: Afton Wolfe on Songwriting as Discovery
Afton Wolfe is Mississippi. Born in McComb, and growing up in Meridian, Hattiesburg, and Greenville, Mississippi, the roots of American music are in his DNA. Mississippi is the birthplace of at least three American art forms: country music, blues music,…
PREMIERE: Jonathan Paull Gertler is Wiser on “I Wish I Knew”
Jonathan Paull Gertler confronts the world with his sunny acoustic rock on his upcoming album No Fear (out on September 10.) On “I Wish I Knew,” premiered here on Adobe & Teardrops, Gertler tries to build empathy with others, humbly…
Tuesday Teardrops Strike Again!
The ongoing experiment in Spotify playlists continues! I’m keeping the songs from last week up just to give the list some depth, and I’ll remove them next week. I think that’s how it works, right? I guess there’s no rules!…
INTERVIEW: Chords of Truth On the Methods That Guide “Valley of Shadows”
For the past decade, Jason Garriotte (aka “Chords of Truth”) has been writing, recording, and performing his original music along with acoustic covers of classic folk songs at venues all over the United States. In 2012 he released his debut…
Get Lost in the Chamber Pop Universe of Von Bieker’s Long For This World
Unsurprisingly, most artists have spent 2020 and 2021 turning inward, using the suspended animation of quarantine to understand the landscapes within. For Von Bieker, he turned his imagination outwards, traveling via the lyrics of his new album Long For This…
INTERVIEW:Mike Fuller On the Power Pop Influences Behind”Ms. Wrong”
Mike Fuller spent much of the pandemic like many others–floating in existential dread, contemplating life & his future. During this time, he found a theme in 3 of his songs: chaotic love that filled a decade of his life. The…
PREMIERE: Yosh & Yimmy Feel Pretty Good When They’re “Down & Out”
After meeting in 2015, when Josh Glenn opened for Jimmy Willden at the final show of his 2015 tour, the two bearded gingers continued playing shows together. Over time, the shows evolved into Yosh & Yimmy, as they performed as…