by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | The Glass Heart String Choir – ‘Stars’ + FFS 5
The Glass Heart String Choir is as big as its name implies, yet all at once produces a sound that is larger than the sum of its parts. Comprised of only Ian Williams and Katie Mosehauer, the duo succeeds in…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Interview | FFS 5 with Resurrection Fern
The world is changing, and the 2020s are ushering them in full-swing as the internet’s role in offering a platform for the creative process expands at a spitfire pace. Over the last handful of years, streaming gameplay, music, live interviews…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Interview | FFS 5 with Piers Faccini
Last year, Piers Faccini hatched an idea. Intent on releasing a series of EPs on his label, Beating Drum, the notable singer-songwriter and painter began to curate the collection that appropriately reflects the creative eclecticism of its artists. Entitled Hear…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Interview | FFS 5 with Chadwick Stokes
Chadwick Stokes Urman has been defining folk spirit as a musician and human rights activist for 25 years. His first notable climb was through fronting Dispatch in the late 1990s. Since, he’s been an artistic tour de force, continuing to…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Interview | FFS 5 with Alan Barnosky
Durham, NC (by way of Michigan) flatpicking guitarist and songwriter Alan Barnosky expertly crafts Americana songs that detail the life of a modern troubadour. His critically acclaimed debut Old Freight, which was noted as being “a fantastic album, full of…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Interview | ‘Face to Face’ with Twelfth Day
Scotland’s Twelfth Day inhabit a special place. Catriona Price and Esther Swift are classically trained musicians, yet in their band there is a focus on improvisation one rarely sees. The opportunity to question these women and introduce their newest track…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Interview | FFS 5 with Canyon City
Off the heels of Canyon City’s first record, 2016’s Midnight Waves, essential cut ‘Firework’ was added to Spotify’s Fresh Finds: Six Strings playlist and has since culled more than seven million streams. But that’s just scratching the surface. In total, Johnson…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Interview | FFS 5 with John Salaway
Frontman. Acclaimed songwriter. Sideman. Nationally-endorsed multi-instrumentalist. Producer. Since moving to Nashville in the early 2000s, John Salaway has become one of the city’s most accomplished musicians, holding down a weekly residency at the world-class BB King’s Blues Club while also…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Interview | FFS 5 with Karen & the Sorrows’ Karen Pittelman
For her third album, singer-songwriter Karen Pittelman recruited an all-star string band to accompany her, including Rima Fand on fiddle, Ross Martin on guitar, and Cole Quest Rotante on dobro. This time around, Karen & the Sorrows mix their recognizable…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Interview | FFS 5 with Judy Blank
In September, singer-songwriter Judy Blank made history by becoming the first Dutch artist ever to play AmericanaFest playing a number of day parties, several radio appearances, an official showcase and Grimey’s Americanarama. In 2014 she released her piano-driven debut album,…