Using Homemade Instruments, Fathom Finds “The World to Breathe”

Using Homemade Instruments, Fathom Finds “The World to Breathe”

ByRachel CholstJan 26, 2022

If the intensity of Fathom’s song “The World to Breathe” somehow doesn’t grab you, consider watching the folk artist play her new song using found household objects. Fathom is the brainchild of Nancy Howie, singer-songwriter, musician and maker. Raised with…

The Montvales Find Divine Synchronicity on “Bad Faith”

The Montvales Find Divine Synchronicity on “Bad Faith”

ByRachel CholstJan 25, 2022

The Montvales play stripped-down, banjo-and-harmony-driven songs that stick with you. Their shows will take you to places both raucous and reverent, equal parts honky-tonk mischief and earnest meditation on friendship, heartbreak, and place. In our interview, the queer country duo…

Ali Sperry Finds Ways to Stay “Cool Under Pressure”

Ali Sperry Finds Ways to Stay “Cool Under Pressure”

ByRachel CholstJan 24, 2022

Ali Sperry, when faced with a year of trauma, racial reckoning, and downright worldwide existential crisis, did what she has always done — turned inward and wrote songs that channeled, mirrored and ultimately DISTILLED those cultural currents — distilled is…

INTERVIEW: Rebecca Porter Summons Classic Country To Create “Prime Rainbow Conditions”

INTERVIEW: Rebecca Porter Summons Classic Country To Create “Prime Rainbow Conditions”

ByRachel CholstJan 21, 2022

Rebecca Porter is a Harrisonburg-based singer and songwriter making her way from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Rebecca commands any stage with her genre-bending, uniquely powerful voice – seasoned with a dash of country and sassy, southern heart and soul.…

INTERVIEW: Suzy Callahan Lets Go On “I’m Nothing”

INTERVIEW: Suzy Callahan Lets Go On “I’m Nothing”

ByRachel CholstJan 20, 2022

The daughter of NSA linguists, Suzy Callahan writes dark, dreamy songs filled with vivid, raw emotional honesty and delivers them in an unfried, thick and creamy dulce de leche voice. A little country, a little folk, a little psychedelic. Raised…