Joseph Houck describes this album as an album about “traveling,” but I think that’s a bit misleading. If you have trouble finding folk music about having all the chill and rambling aimlessly, you’re not looking in the right places. What’s…
I don’t generally indulge in it but Scandinavian-style pop is my guilty pleasure. “In the Morning” has a beautiful blend of acoustic guitars and those soaring melodies that make my ears smile. “In The Morning” is one of a series…
The first couple of strains on Young Valley’s self-titled album made me think “Ah, yes — this is why I write this blog.” The album’s finale still makes me thing, “Ah, yes — this band is going places.” If you’re…
Lately I’ve noticed that the musicians we’ve come to love around these parts have been leaning more towards a big, spacey sound that evokes the country music of the 1970s — as well as the psychedelics that accompanied it. I’m…
Jeremy Squires has been releasing a steady stream of videos in anticipation of his forthcoming album. As always, Squires’ songs are painfully melancholy tempered by his inimitable purity. In “Heaven,” Squires gives a love song bursting with complex emotions. The…