Alice Gerrard — Bittersweet
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…
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Hezekiah Goode — Two Billion Acres of Salt
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…
Butchers Blind — Destination Blues
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 and The Gramblers — Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers
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 — New Haircut
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…