In late 2018, For Folk’s Sake lauded Julia King upon the release of her single, ‘Cannonball’, for being a genuine article as far as her billing as folk fusion took her. Her take on the Americana genre transports listeners into…
Just as Regina Spektor has found herself to be a famous flower of Manhattan, Heather Gruber is an LA desert rose. Dance Into the Desert affirms as much, detailing the journey that the Tennessee-born singer-songwriter took from her hometown to the…
Albany composer Chris Lastovicka is often regarded as a “mystic minimalist”. Giving an ear to his craft, it does not take long for the mystique of the veneer surrounding such a title to fade, paving a path to legitimacy. While…
Iceland got soul and Junius Meyvant delivers it like a modern day Sam Cooke. On his self-produced second full-length record, Across The Borders, the soul gods have clearly smiled on him. Born Unnar Gisli Sigurmundsson, he lived on a volcanic…
An almost twelve-year gap between albums one and two would be almost interminable for most people, but for Katie Doherty a lot of things just got in the way of And Then. She had a child, composed for Northern Stage…
It’s hard to believe baby-faced William Tyler is pushing 40 and has been forging his solo guitar path for over a decade. After earning his left-field Americana stripes with the likes of Lambchop, The Silver Jews and Will Oldham, he…
Late last year, For Folk’s Sake held Roses & Cigarette’s previous Acoustic Sessions in high regard, acknowledging the folk-rock duo for their inherent knack to paint picturesque landscapes with their forward-driving sound. In those regards, their brand new LP, Echoes and Silence is…
In 2018, your humble writer lauded the release of Lucinda Belle’s ‘I’ll Be Loving You’ for its authentic presentation of vintage jazz-infused pop. The harpist first played for the likes of Natalie Cole and Robbie Williams before striking it out…
Steve Gunn isn’t so much a guitar slinger or six string god, as he is one of the tastiest players of his generation. Gunn’s work has been informed by the time spent as one of Kurt Vile’s Violators, not to…
Beginning with harpsichord and piano, Deerhunter’s newest record, Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared, glimpses a band in the process of rewriting the rulebook. Using conceptual, present-day science fiction, Bradford Cox and the band examine a society where attention spans are…