The title track on the Last Tycoon’s new EP, Death By Dixie, is a sleeper. With the climbing banjos, mandolins, and John Gladwin’s delicate voice, at first I thought the guy was just another pretty-boy hipster with nothing to say.…
I don’t know what it says about me but I’m not sure if I believe in love at first site when it comes to people. At least, it hasn’t happened for me. But love at first listen is very much…
We don’t have time machines (yet) — but we do have Anna & Elizabeth. On their second album, the duet offer us 16 traditional Appalachian songs that range from hymns to dance songs. Whatever recording magic happened, these songs sound…
I’m super excited to have all of these names in the same title! First of all, if you are in either of my two favorite cities (New Orleans or New York — and yes, you read that order correctly), I…
Great Peacock wowed me about two years ago with their first EP. It takes a lot for a song to sear itself into my psyche for that long, but “Take Me to the Mountain” and “Desert Lark” have done just…