INTERVIEW: Queer Mammer-Jammer Carrie Biell on People-Pleasing and Queer Visibility
Self-described “queer mammer-jammer” Carrie Biell is prepping her first solo release in years. Between raising a child and the pandemic, Biell’s been focusing on quite a few other things, as well as her band Moon Palace. With her gorgeous new…
Alex McCulloch Answers The Call: “Fuck You, God, I’m Busy.”
Written in the aftermath of a breakup and a pandemic, “Fuck You, God, I’m Busy” is a belligerent firestorm of a love song, featuring electric guitar, Wurlitzer organ and Alex McCulloch’s powerful vocals. It is the first single off Alex…
Rhyan Sinclair Reclaims The Road With Cosmic Shanty “Interstate Sailors”
Rhyan Sinclair knows how to handle herself on the road. In 2018, she released her first solo full-length, Barnstormer. Later in 2018, she released the holiday EP, Marshmallow World, which was featured on the Americana Music Association’s Holiday Playlist. But recovering from…
INTERVIEW: Quiet Hollers’ Shadwick Wilde On Peace and Despair in the 21st Century
Quiet Hollers have been with me pretty much since I started Adobe & Teardrops, and it’s such a gift to see how they’ve evolved. Formed in Louisville around singer-songwriter Shadwick Wilde, their alt. country-styled debut, I Am the Morning, came…
Using Homemade Instruments, Fathom Finds “The World to Breathe”
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…