INTERVIEW: Walter Parks Steps Into Center Stage With His Unlawful Assembly

INTERVIEW: Walter Parks Steps Into Center Stage With His Unlawful Assembly

ByRachel CholstNov 2, 2021

“We can play a country church in Mississippi, or we can draw a crowd at a hipster club in Brooklyn. We connect with a wide-ranging audience,” says veteran musician Walter Parks, speaking of the music on his debut LP album,…

INTERVIEW: Norwegian Band Sweetheart Give Death the Middle Finger

INTERVIEW: Norwegian Band Sweetheart Give Death the Middle Finger

ByRachel CholstNov 1, 2021

Sweetheart is a trio originating from small towns around the Norwegian capitol Oslo, playing a quiet and acoustic form of Americana, you might call it Norwegicana, with grand piano, pedal steel and acoustic guitar. Sweetheart originally originated as an alternative…

INTERVIEW: Pauline Andres Confronts All Them Ghosts on “Sad Miracle”

INTERVIEW: Pauline Andres Confronts All Them Ghosts on “Sad Miracle”

ByRachel CholstOct 29, 2021

Born in France a coal miner’s daughter, Pauline Andres made a name for herself with a sweet and smoky voice that “perfectly conveys the thoughts and observations of an old soul walking home at closing time.” She grew up in…

INTERVIEW: dog of the north Entrances Audience With Experimental Story-Songs

INTERVIEW: dog of the north Entrances Audience With Experimental Story-Songs

ByRachel CholstOct 28, 2021

I was captured by dog of the north’s compelling storytelling and lo-fi aesthetics. The enigmatic Pennsylvanian doesn’t have much information online, but he kindly spilled all the deets on his album who they belong to, his influences, and his approach…

INTERVIEW: Kristi Jean & Her Ne’er Do Wells Tap Into the Feminist Ghosts of Western Swing

INTERVIEW: Kristi Jean & Her Ne’er Do Wells Tap Into the Feminist Ghosts of Western Swing

ByRachel CholstOct 26, 2021

You don’t need anything fancy to time travel: just listen to Kristi Jean & Her Ne’er Do Wells. In their new song “One More Time,” the band — which lands somewhere between rockabilly and Western swing — details their stories…