Donny Van Slee — Sip On Me
Donny Van Slee grabs the bull by the horns. Music has always been his love, but it wasn’t until he took a stop off in Nashville while pursuing chiropractic studies that he knew he had to be a musician. He…
Category New Music
Shirley Hurt — Shirley Hurt
Trust me, I’ve had a lot of amazing, incredible things happen this year. And somehow, lately, I just want to curl up with music that focuses on licking your wounds. Shirley Hurt’s self-titled album provides a good soundtrack for that.…
Sarah Lee Langford & Will Stewart — Bad Luck & Love
There’s nothing like a well-suited collaboration. Sarah Lee Langford released one of my favorite albums of 2019, Two-hearted Rounder. Its moody atmosphere serves as a neat counterweight to Will Stewart’s breezy Slow Life, which came out earlier this year. The…
A Mastodon Guide for Indie Musicians (And The Journalists Who Love Them)
UPDATED: 11/26/22 Hello! I hopped over to Mastodon about two weeks ago, once Elon began making increasingly strange pronouncements. I don’t know if it will “replace” Twitter (it doesn’t need to!), or if Twitter will actually collapse, but so far…
PREMIERE: Last Year’s Man Defies Mortality on “Only Memories”
Last Year’s Man is the pseudonym of Eugene, OR based producer and songwriter, Tyler Fortier. Fortier is a frequent collaborator with up-and-coming Northwest singer/songwriters and has produced recordings for artists such as Anna Tivel, Beth Wood, and Jeffrey Martin. OPB…