Anna Volpe — Call My Name
There’s much to be made about pop music’s place in country, but Anna Volpe has proven that the two co-exist once you have the right ingredients. On her debut EP, Call My Name, Volpe serves up five carefully crafted pop…
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Joel Schwelling — The Getting Up
We can’t always get what we want, and we often get what we don’t. The New Hampshire-based Joel Schwelling is pretty clear on that in his sophomore album, The Getting Up. On “Don’t Wanna,” Schwelling paints a picture of his…
Brad Gerke — Burden
Don’t go into Brad Gerke’s Burden expecting resolution. That’s for the next album. According to Gerke’s statement on Bandcamp, Burden was nearly complete in a burst of productivity right when Gerke completed his previous album. But we all know how…
Elliah Heifetz — New Folk Songs
Elliah Heifetz is a first-generation American singer-songwriter born to political refugees. After writing musicals and pop songs with premier Broadway & Hollywood talent, Elliah turned to his first love—folk music—to sing his own story. In 2018, he released his first…
The Graylings — Tell Me How It Ends
You never know what kind of mark you’ll leave on other people. I just ran into a student I taught four years ago. He gave me a big hug. I’m not saying I had a large part in his decision…