Within the multitude of musical releases happening nowadays, it has become hard to run into one of those records that, over time, have the power to shape memories. In Transit is one of those records. The Amazing are a Swedish…
Over the last ten years, Americana has grown immensely in the public eye. Ironically enough, we may have the more formulaic, anthemic folk-rock of Mumford & Sons to thank for that initial jump. Therein, most of what fills the Americana…
Jason Vitelli is the sort of artist that most will either “get” straightaway or turn their heads away from in confusion before they can really let the music culminate. Either party has an understandable basis for their actions, given that…
There are, sometimes, artists and bands you are lucky enough to grow with. Laish has been one of those, to me, and I am grateful for it. Daniel Green was born, musically, in the Brighton scene that sprouted the Wilkommen…
Ska has seen quite a revival as of late, though not in the sort of way that one might imagine aficionados of the genre would be warm towards. In the world of ‘any press is good press’, though, bands professing…
Old Crow Medicine Show celebrate 20 years together in 2018 and mark the occasion with Volunteer, an album recorded in the historic RCA Studio A in Nashville by Jason Isbell producer Dave Cobb. It’s fair to say that they’ve faced…
Lookman Adekunle Salami has already been given the Bob Dylan Curse. For those who consider him to be the “next Bob Dylan” the question really is why can’t he simply be the first L.A. Salami? Based on The City of…
Laura Veirs is an accomplished songwriter based in Portland with 20 years of experience under her belt. Her proficiency and attention to detail shine through in this album to create a palette of emotional depth and lightness. This is a…
Folk music has always provided a bastion for aching slices of real-life tales to be digested by a greater audience. In this sense, it’s always been ‘street music’, wherein troubadours brought their stories near and far for all ears to…
Belonging to a very specific scene can be a double-edged situation: everybody knows what to expect from you in terms of sound and style; also, especially when this scene is very localized (in time and/or space), there will be a…