Emma Hill — The Black and Wretched Blue
It is difficult, Dear Reader, to stay inside and listen to music (much less blog about it) when you are a young buck and it is springtime in New York (as my friends know, I don’t really do mp3 players.)…
Category New Music
Quiet Hollers — I Am the Morning
Quiet Hollers is the perfect band to listen to if you’re giving your life choices a serious think. Or maybe not, since it’ll make you cry. Depends on what you need. I Am the Morning is a series of…
The Dustbowl Revival — Carry Me Home
There’s just something inexplicably charming about The Dustbowl Revival. A umpteen-piece traveling roots collective based out of LA, the Dustbowl Revival is indeed reviving gospel, swing, and bluegrass in the best way possible. They’re making it fun, not hollow. They…
William Pilgrim and the All Grows Up — The Great Recession
William Pilgrim has been through a lot, and his songs show it. Raised in foster homes and homeless as a youth, the guy’s a fighter. Now, I’m about to make a comparison that will not seem flattering at first. William…
Woody Pines — Rabbits Motel
It’s difficult to get more retro than Woody Pines. Pines’ lyrical and musical swagger calls to mind early rock’n’roll — fun and a little edgy, but before rock became mired in grit and seedy territory. According to his site, Pines…