by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Bob Marley & the Wailers – Kaya 40
How do you improve a masterpiece? For Stephen “Ragga” Marley the idea was simple, To improve Bob Marley’s Kaya for the 40th anniversary of its release it needed a new mix, one that captured both the vibrance and urgency of the…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video Premiere | The Promise is Hope – Every Seed Must Die
The Promise is Hope is a duo that most certainly lives up to the serendipitous tidings of its name. Ashley and Eric L’Esperance first met at a spontaneous song swap and were married a year and a half later. Their…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz – Of All These Things
Although Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz are making their debut as a duo with Of All These Things, the two have been collaborating for 15 years prior to this album’s release. Anders made a good impression right out of the gate…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Watch | Nick and Luke – King of the Road
It’s been a busy year for For Folk’s Sake friends and favorites, Nick and Luke. In the midst of another ongoing nationwide tour, the east coast duo is at it again with a sophomore EP on its way quickly. Featured…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video Premiere | Night Flight – Roulette
“I want greatness.” Sam Holmes is pretty clear about his goals for Night Flight. “I don’t think anyone really says that anymore. Some people consider it arrogant, but I truly believe we can be one of the great bands of…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Jared Weiss – Isolated Thunderstorm
Make no mistake—Jared Weiss is a rock artist. With that said, Isolated Thunderstorm began its life as a folk record before tripping the electric. It isn’t to say the album’s sounding like Dylan in his heyday, though. It’s more Reilly than anything if…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Kristin Chambers – Springtime Sugarcane
Driven by multiple layers of gorgeous vocal harmonies, Kristin Chambers commands her ballad, ‘Springtime Sugarcane’, with a cathartic resonance. Musically, the track builds into a glorious crescendo, invoking the same sort of power that one might traditionally take from a…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Miles Maxwell – Red Ghost
Something unmistakably vintage pervades Red Ghost, the newest album from Americana outlet Miles Maxwell. Formed by frontman Miles Baltrusaitis alongside brothers Matt and Dan Stankiewicz, this stretching of the roots rock muscles for these three is a natural extension of their previous work…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Randy Forte – Chas Randall
Randy Forte is the type of songwriter who many in and out of Nashville say they miss but never try to be. That is to say, the Americana that the artist embodies is reminiscent of a strong cross-section of warm-bodied 60s…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Album | Amanda Shires – To The Sunset
Amanda Shires wrote much of To The Sunset hiding in the closet of her Nashville home, but she opens the record by gazing at the stars on ‘Parking Lot Pirouette’ – “the stars, the shapes the constellations make, the burning…