INTERVIEW: Josh Steinhart Reflects on Leaving NYC In “Before the Morning”
When you say goodbye to someone you love, it’s tough. When you say goodbye to a place, well, it feels like a breakup. Former Staten Island teacher Josh Steinhart and Adobe & Teardrops fave Annie Bacon break up with New…
INTERVIEW: Dan Whitaker Reshapes the Past on One More Story Told
Singer-songwriter Dan Whitaker’s music defies easy assumptions, moving from dark ballads to intricate country jazz instrumentals to character-driven stories set on the road and in honky-tonks. Since the mid-‘80s he has created independent original music in Chicago and the Midwest…
Forest Grove Outlaws Give It Their All on “Damned Life”
Forest Grove Outlaws, a self-described scuzz rock band out of the Pacific Northwest, probably has more to owe to Americana. But, like, the down-and-dirty kind of Americana that made me want to start this blog ten years ago. On “Damned…
INTERVIEW: There’s Only One Thing Dominique Pruitt Would Kill For
Born into a musical legacy — her father Larry Brown once played in The Association and Smothers Brothers before joining Engelbert Humperdinck in the ‘80s, and mother Anne-Marie Brown sang with The Babys and Jon Waite — Dominique Pruitt is charting a…
Queen Bonobo Faces the Music — And Channels It Into Hers
Maya Goldblum, (a.k.a. Queen Bonobo) is a North Idaho native whose primary goal in relocating to Ireland in 2016 was to study the music of her ancestral roots. She lived abroad for three years, all of which lent to the creation…