The pain was unbearable But I did not want it to end It had operatic grandeur It lit up Grand Central Station like Judgement Day Elizabeth Smart, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept Almost everyone has some…
An Englishman with a fascination for Americana, Alexander Shields mines a haunting seam of shoegaze. Having worked with a larger ensemble on his last album, including members of Silver Jews, Lambchop and William Tyler, for Passover he’s recorded with childhood…
Dear reader, have you ever become acquainted with an individual, get to know them for one thing they’re very good at, and then be positively shocked when you discover that, “Hey, they are also very good at this other thing!”…
Jazz may have had its start in the west, but Japan may well lead the charge for innovative pursuits in the genre in our modern-day. Tokyo’s jazz scene, in particular, thrives more by the day, with traditional and fusion-style jazz…
From an outsider’s perspective, Brandon and Bethany Foote might well be mistaken for superheroes instead of a folk duo. Between job changes, relocating, and a free-roaming toddler to take care of, it’s a wonder that they still can manage the time to…
Releasing an album as multifarious as this Italian singer-songwriter’s latest comes with its fair share of mountains to climb. Some might claim that with the broad range of influences across the entirety of the roots spectrum present song-per-song on Luca Bash’s Keys…
Justin Vernon is an alchemist, plain and simple. From collaborating with Kanye West to deciding to combine the talents of The Staves with those of yMusic at the Eau Clairs Festival in 2016, he hears things others don’t. Thanks to…
Between acts like Joanna Newsom and Emilie & Ogden, the harp has been making a bit of a resurgence in the contemporary folk world these days. Or, at the very least, three makes a revolution with Janelle Nadeau joining the…
Southwest folk-rock favorites Ryanhood have been picking up more fans than ever in their cross-state tours following the release of Yearbook. With their soaring, compact harmonies, intense instrumentation, and affable personalities on and off the stage, there’s no questioning why.…
At its core, folk music is a communal, artistic movement that has seen more than one contemporary revolution in its time accompanying humankind around the sun. The evolutions have seen their apex in modern times back in the 60s, and…