“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,…
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.)…
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 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…
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…