Field Report — Marigolden
I always make a show of being befuddled by the music my students like to listen to, but sometimes it’s not for sure. (I still don’t understand why women lose their panties for Drake.) This time, when a student asked…
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Emilyn Brodsky — Eats Her Feelings
Emilyn Brodsky’s charisma is difficult to resist. Here’s the snippet from her bio that won me over before I’d even listened to her music: “She has been called ‘charmingly aggressive’, ‘the love of my life’ and ‘a jerk’.” Brodsky’s lyrics…
Cricket Tell the Weather — Cricket Tell the Weather
Cricket Tell the Weather is one of the Northeast’s breakout folk bands and with good reason. The band won first place at last year’s FreshGrass festival and they’ve won several songwriting awards. That’s all great, but let’s talk about their…
North by North — Mama Gold // Break Some Bones
Just a public service announcement — manic blues rock band North by North, whose album I discussed a few months ago — have a cute lil EP out. The album art reminds me of Johnny Quest. The songs themselves are…
Forrest Brown — There Are No Unsacred Places
Words, words, words. Here. There Are No Unsacred Places by Forrest Brown I thought I’d just do things the way other around in this post. Forrest Brown’s acoustic instrumentals need to speak for themselves. Elegant and understated, these compositions highlight…