by Joe Sweeting • • Comments Off on SOTD | Charlie Fink – Firecracker
The voice of Charlie Fink is a joy to hear, especially so in the current climate of political and social upheaval and troubles. Noah & The Whale were unfairly typecast after the success of ‘5 Years Time’, a shame, as…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Karen Elson – Double Roses
Seven years have passed since Karen Elson’s debut record first wowed audiences with its blues-tinged ballads of murder and desolation. Unfortunately, this was a time where Elson met celebrity not for her music, but rather for the one she was…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Joan Baez – The Complete Gold Castle Masters
Joan Baez is an artist who needs no introduction. Often lauded as the greatest folk artist to ever grace our planet Earth—and often sparking debate with Cohen and Seeger diehards who would argue otherwise—Baez has made a name for herself…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | January Zero – The Long Radio Silence
A growing trend of the modern folk music era has been albums wildly introspective in their craft to the point that their aural cosmetics are best described as something that has strayed far into the realm of melodic experimentation. We…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Single | Ivan Beecroft – Believe
Folk and rock singers have strummed their way through this common theme through eras come and gone for so long that it’s become a timeless sentiment: the working class are underprivileged at best and oppressed at worst. Such has been…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Single | Jay Clark Band – The River (feat. Adam Cunningham)
Long past are the days of the outlaw, or so it had seemed. The country and Southern rock music scene have seen a revival of that respective subset of the genres recently, characterized by bluesier, grittier, and altogether more substantive…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | D.G. Adams – The Old Heart
It comes across romantically, much like the Shakespearean works that have made the majority of his career leading up to this moment—D.G. Adams, actor by day and quiet student of music all the rest of the time. For those who…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Captain of the Lost Waves – Hidden Gems – Chapter 1
Innovation is, thankfully, the key to great success in the new age world of roots music. This innovation, of course, crops up in different forms, though we have seen it in the way that Sturgill Simpson wrapped his way around…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Tipsy in Chelsea – Gaslighter
No matter what our parents might tell us, long-distance relationships have existed for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Yet, in this new age, we don’t need to rely on handwritten mail whether it be delivered by plane, train, carrier…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Sam Levin – Frame of Mind
Few things in this world can sway this writer into even partially believing that there is such a thing as a fate that wasn’t malleable, but the story of how Sam Levin got into music is one such tale that…