by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Single | Roo Panes – A Message to Myself
Chances are if you’re reading this blog, you’ve heard of Roo Panes. We’re just niche and British enough to warrant it. Beyond that, though, if you do, it’s probably because this bloke has been pretty adept at producing earworms over…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Geoff Gibbons – Buffalo Hotel
The music present on Geoff Gibbons’ Buffalo Hotel fits snugly into the same corridor established by 20th century greats like Neil Young, David Crosby, and Jackson Browne. It’s windswept, melodic storytelling told with just a sprinkling of pop sentiment across a genuine…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | May Erlewine – Mother Lion
“Her songs show a very real connection and concern with everyday folk.” Lifted from the first paragraph of May Erlewine’s Facebook biography, this is the singular, wholesome truth that sits at the center of the Michigan artist’s entire portfolio. Her…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Trout Steak Revival – Spirit to the Sea
As a successful bluegrass outfit today, Trout Steak Revival’s place in music today is indicative of how working hard and building some quirky lore around your quirk moniker to live up to can both pay off. One Michigan-to-Colorado road trip…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Steven Allen Gordon – All Over the Map
Spanning genres, vocations, performance styles, and beyond, the world of artists who’ve made a living for themselves doing what they love is incredibly diverse and effervescent. You see them on the big screen and selling out theatres, to be certain,…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | Alessi’s Ark – Love is the Currency
After briefly toying with just the first name Alessi, Alessi Laurent-Marke has returned from a four year break with a new Alessi’s Arc album, Love Is The Currency; a new label, Zooey Records, and a new producer, Jag Jago. There’s…
by Joe Sweeting • • Comments Off on SOTD: Kat Frankie – Bad Behaviour
Ahead of her the release of her debut record, Bad Behaviour, out in February, Kat Frankie has released the title track from the LP, and it is a shimmering slice of beauty. Definitely something to get your groove onto this autumnal weekend.…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | Margo Price – All American Made
Margo Price plays country music the way it’s supposed to be played; full-tilt, heart on your sleeve, sweat soaked and whiskey fueled. It’s the kind of music that got Waylon and Willie kicked out of Nashville. Hard as it is…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | Julien Baker – Turn Out The Lights
As Julien Baker sits down at the piano a string quartet begins to play. In that minute and twenty-nine seconds set up, Turn Out The Lights reveals itself as an experience that’s going to be just a bit different. This…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Dori Freeman – Letters Never Read
An unsuspecting Dori Freeman became the much-adored face of a restored Appalachian scene last year with the release of her self-titled debut album. She handled it in a seemingly apprehensive way at first, but who could blame her? A single…