The Hems — Those Early Years
Thank goodness for the Civil Wars. If not for their popularity, we wouldn’t have folk duos like The Hems. I think at this point we should just admit that this is a subgenre (or maybe it is and I’m late…
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Molly Venter and Eben Pariser — Goodnight Moonshine
“Synergy” is really the word for this album. Venter and Pariser, giants of the Brooklyn folk scene in their own rights, sound like they were born playing music together. Showcasing a mixture of roots and pop on their debut album,…
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.)…
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…