HEY! LISTEN: Laura Jean Anderson — “On My Mind”
Sometimes you just can’t let a song go — or, it won’t let you go. This is true of the arresting “On My Mind,” gently unspooled from the ether by Laura Jean Ward and a crack team of backup singers.…
Category New Music
Girls on Grass — Dirty Power
Strap on your cowboy hat and buckle up your bell bottoms — you’ll need both for Girls on Grass’s spaghetti Western psychedelia on their second full-length album Dirty Power. It’s the band’s first release on four years and it reflects…
HEY! LISTEN: Ky Burt — “Small Town Dream”
Ky Burt’s had a varied life that absolutely serves his songs — Burt’s from the Midwest, served as an environmental educator in Arizona, and is now in the Pacific Northwest. His upcoming debut album The Sky in Between, ruminates on…
M Lockwood Porter — Communion in the Ashes
I’m glad that this is the album that puts M. Lockwood Porter on the radar. It’s Porter’s third full-length and is the crystallization of a number of themes Porter began to sketch out on his majestic How to Dream Again,…
HEY! LISTEN: Larry Allen Brown — “The Devil’s Bed”
Born and raised in Chicago, Larry attended High School with John Prine, and has had a long career as lead guitarist for a variety of groups. Heavily influenced by Dave Van Ronk, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and Townes Van Zandt,…