D.L. Rossi is nothing short of the genuine article, producing emotion-laden Americana songwriting in search of catharsis. His newest album, A Sweet Thing, is the natural product of that search, having found himself in music following a painful divorce and…
Hong Kong-based singer-songwriter Todd Warner Moore is at it again with the release of a new full-length album just around the corner. Entitled Love & Change, Moore expands his sound with an Americana tinge to his primarily acoustically-driven gamut of…
From the start, folk music has been harboring a rebellious spirit; it’s a key part in an artist’s unfettered ability to bear the truth. To that degree, Y. Dan Rubinstein is a genuine folkster, unmoved by outside denominators when taking…
Since the days of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, modern folk music and organized religion have had a tenuous relationship at best. Yet, there’s also the twist and turns that the genre has shared with gospel hymns, present in every…
In the best way, David Quinn is a Wanderin’ Fool. Such is the name of the Chicagoan cosmic country artist’s debut album, due out today. Like many in the vein of Americana before him, Quinn is a purveyor of open…
From the opening moments of the titular ‘Stockholm’s’ jawan brood, it’s easy to establish that All This Huxley present a form of raw indie presence perhaps last seen in as unvarnished a form when Wilco first hit the scene 25…
When Nicholas Mudd was offered the opportunity, the troubadour took no time in taking the chance to hit the open road. Planning his 10-day trip from Lexington, Kentucky to Los Angeles aboard his Harley-Davidson, this 2011 satiating of his wanderlust…
With his self-titled debut album, J.W. Teller rung in the year right for folk listeners like us. Each song present on the LP serves the same function of illustrating a separate part in Teller’s life, the singer-songwriter recalling these moments…
Having recently joined America on-stage for an encore rendition of their hit song, ‘A Horse With No Name’, Damon Mitchell’s latest single doesn’t feel too out-of-sync with 60s and 70s-era folk-rock, either. Procuring elements of what made the likes of…
Like many of us throughout the world, when news of the 2016 US Election hit, Sarah Eide was at a loss. She recalls, “I felt there was an ever growing chasm between myself and many people I love and respect,…