The Good Morning Nags’ new EP, No Damn Good, just goes to show that ‘short’ often does mean ‘sweet’. At the very least, it sure does in this instance. The two songs that decorate its quaint halls assure listeners of that.…
Around this time last month, John Smith dropped the first tune from off of a forthcoming, soon-to-be-officially-announced album. ‘Willy Moore’ is an old-time American folk classic of uncertain origins, likely to have been written sometime during the early 1900s. Smith…
When Chuck Whyard hits the stage, he becomes the electrifying Americana artist, C-Wired. A free-wheeling mystic capable of producing powerful, tenacious grooves, he and his band develop a multifarious collection of songs for their debut EP, Omega. Washed with lush production…
Few songwriters make as excellent a use of open air as Devin Sinha. The Seattle artist is still promoting material from off of his latest album, last year’s Our Fathers Were Lions, and for good reason—it’s bloody great. Capitalized by spacious,…
Mitch Bradford is a contemporary artist who appreciates the warm minimalism of vintage folks and roots rock. Taking a page from the likes of Jackson Browne and Neil Young, his style is unvarnished, conversational, and from the heart. Ergo, it…
With a vinyl release in just four days and a digital one soon to follow on 21 Sept., Katie Barbato is sharing the title track of her forthcoming EP with For Folk’s Sake today. Accompanying it is a gorgeous video…
Quebec-born and Ottawa-raised, Norm Brunet was struck with an ironic revelation when he performed to a Nashville crowd for the first time last year. Being labeled by the audience as an Americana artist, Brunet was perplexed and humored, once saying…
You’ve heard of Jam in the Van, but how about Jam in the Bus Conversion? That’s exactly what Ben Delaurentis did with this sweet acoustic rendition of his song, ‘Fill in the Blanks’. His songwriting verges on the contemporary neo-folk…
L.A. by way of Canada singer-songwriter Lindsay Kay puts forth a collection of songs centered around womanhood and femininity on her debut LP, For the Feminine, by the Feminine (out Oct. 5). The project was made start-to-finish by women and…
Comprised of Emily Kelly and Graham Coe, Edinburgh duo The Jellyman’s Daughter produce full-bodied folk music replete with vocals, guitars, mandolin, and cello. It’s in their masterful craft that they’re able to resonate with such a richness between just two…