Rachel Cholst

Rachel Cholst

Tina & Her Pony — Champion

Tina & Her Pony deliver a gentle folk music that inexorably swells into a powerful wave. The Asheville, NC-based duet could draw easy and favorable comparisons to The Indigo Girls. Like their forebears, Tina & Her Pony’s harmonies are deep…

Mo Troper — Exposure and Response

I’m not sure if there’s any record I’ve heard this year that better captures the horrific sideshow carnival of this year as Mo Troper’s Exposure & Response. This is the follow-up to Troper’s critically acclaimed Believer, and this album seems…

The Light Wires — The Invisible Hand

I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of sad songs written in G. Especially when they’re held in such capable hands as Jeremy Pinnell’s. Before Pinnell set off on his own with his remarkable OH/KY, he trekked across the Midwest…

Marissa Kay — Trans Is Love

There are few things in this life as joyous as a queer punk show. They tend to be warm, affirming places where everyone’s just having a nice time. It’s fun to see folks on the stage who look like you…

Aaron Burdett — Refuge

Sometimes, when I’m really bored, I tune in to New York’s mainstream country radio station. (But also…we have a country radio station? I blame all you gentrifying transplants.) I have to say I don’t hate what I hear; I just…