On the day following the 2018 Cambridge Folk Festival, John Smith stopped by Moo & Two in Fromme, Somerset. Besides supporting an independent business with a hint of tea or coffee, Smith also hit the artisan brew house with another goal…
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has rarely been addressed in American music. But on Ben Fisher’s latest release, the Damien Jurado-produced Does the Land Remember Me?, the Seattle-based folk artist—who spent three years living in Israel—dives headfirst into an entire concept album on…
When your humble writer first came across Chloe Kimes, it was when she was singing three-parts in one of the first iterations of Awesome Distraction. Fast forward another four or five years from there and the Michigan-slash-Nashville artist has grown…
As lengthy a title as it may be, Patrick Grant’s FIELDS AMAZE and other sTRANGE music lives up to it in a multifarious blend of ways. First and foremost, the nine tracks of which the album is comprised are, indeed, strange,…
Do not let Copper Viper’s minimalist presentation fool you. As folk duos do, their dynamics may be clean and precise, but they are most certainly not without their intricacies. Just as the Milk Carton Kids would go on to wow…
At the end of everything, there stands oblivion. We come into this life aware that it will one day end—that, like all matter that has come before and after us, we too will one day leave the way we came…
Perhaps best known for his brilliant work behind the keys, Scott Chasolen is letting redolent guitar tones and a hearty voice take the reins on his newest single, ‘Limbo’. Left-of-center triads develop an almost ominous tone straightaway, paving the path…
We are not always lucky enough to make a big choice and ultimately bear its fruit. Sometimes we succeed, and other times, our hopes are dashed to the wayside. We all are who we are and not a thing can…
Directed by Ryan Ross, Jessi Williams & Coyote go out for a run in the music video for their latest single, ‘Bloodhound’. The frantic pace of which the lead character’s feet propel him forward are indicative of the song’s thematic…
If there is one thing you can learn from Loren Cole, it’s to question everything. The singer-songwriter came of age in the digital world, but even she finds the whole social media landscape a bit exhausting. Her debut album, For the Sake of…