Artists
Aimee Mann songs have a literary quality to them—sharp, spare short stories set to music—so it was probably inevitable that she would one day make a concept album, the musical equivalent of a novella. The Forgotten Arm (SuperEgo), her fifth solo… (Read More)
“I’d like to get stoned,” sings Alice Peacock over a shambling electric guitar at the beginning of her fourth album, Love Remains. It’s a startling, if tongue-in-cheek, way to kick off a set of country-tinged pop-rock tunes recorded in the… (Read More)
American Babies – solo acoustic
Tom Hamilton is only in his mid-‘20s, but the singer commands his nursery of American Babies with all the seasoned know-how of someone twice his age. Hamilton’s band is positively huge, a co-ed family comprised of two guitarists, a bassist, an… (Read More)
For a stalwart young artist who creates different means to an end, Ben Sollee has enjoyed a whirlwind year replete with remarkable success and warm, exciting music to match. Sollee hails from Kentucky, yet sounds nothing like the colloquial music one… (Read More)
Melding his classical training with years of Colorado mountain woodshedding, Bobby Yang is reinventing the sound of the acoustic violin. His inimitable sound combines the passion of a violin with the dirt of a bluegrass fiddle and the rawness of a… (Read More)
Featuring freewheeling musical wanderings through countrified blues, slinky swamp ballads and homespun hillbilly heartbreaks, the Bourgeois Gypsies mix slow-burning, porch-setting music with poignant punk lullabies that make you tap your feet, clutch your heart and shake your head all at the… (Read More)
Indicative of the music they make, Bowerbirds were born of unequal parts conflict and sweetness. Phil Moore and Mark Paulson had moved east from Iowa to form a band. Phil met Beth Tacular—a collected and published painter—while they worked together in… (Read More)
“Original”, “innovative”, “fearless”, “ambitious”, “propulsive”, “a marvel of emotion and razor sharp focus”….these are the words of those that have had a chance to hear the sound that for the past several years has been reverberating out of Texas from one… (Read More)
Chris Murray is a unique force on today’s music scene. A gifted songwriter and dynamic performer, he has captivated audiences throughout the US, Europe, South America, Japan, Mexico and Canada with his embracing music, penetrating lyrics and soulful presence. From the… (Read More)
One listen to Feast Or Famine, and it is undeniable that the deep, gruff voice that once screamed powerful punk anthems belongs to none other than Chuck Ragan. The former Hot Water Music frontman has become a musical troubadour, writing stripped-down… (Read More)
Crosby Loggins is the son of 70’s singer/songwriter, 80’s go-to soundtrack artist, Kenny Loggins. Enough said, because apart from the obvious familial resemblance and a genetic gift for melody, this is not a simple story of a son following in his… (Read More)
David Donatien has played percussion since he was 5 years old with his musical family. In the beginning, in Paris, he worked to build a band for the Sensitive music label and became with that label’s musical director. After he toured… (Read More)
Any attempts at modern comparisons don’t quite get to the heart of David Ford. To find his actual peers you have to go back to some of the great curveball mavericks of melody, romance and inventiveness. Artists such as Tom Waits… (Read More)
Photo Credit: Len Irish David Jacobs-Strain, a consummate finger-style and slide guitarist, plays in the blues tradition but isn’t from it. You’ll hear echoes of Skip James, Charlie Patton, Tommy Johnson, and a song or two by Fred McDowell or Robert… (Read More)
“[David Ross Macdonald] is one of those few songwriters like Nick Drake, Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), and Josh Ritter that can captivate his listeners armed only with a voice and guitar.” American Songwriter Magazine "David Ross MacDonald’s vocals, lyrics, and intricate… (Read More)
Erik Schrody better known by his stage name Everlast, is an Irish-American rapper and singer-songwriter, best known for his hit “What It’s Like”, and for his genre-crossing mix of rap and acoustic-based rock music. He was the front man for rap… (Read More)
“Falling Awake”, the first song from Gary Jules’ independently released self-titled album appeared on two separate Billboard ‘Top 100’ charts in January 2007, one week after being heavily featured in an exceptionally popular episode of “Grey’s Anatomy”. When the editorial staff… (Read More)
New York-based Michaelson’s parents were both artists (composer Carl Michaelson and sculptor Elizabeth Egbert Director). She took up piano at the age of five, attending Manhattan’s Third Street Music School for two years, going on to the Jewish Community Center of… (Read More)
One of the most celebrated country-folk performers of her day, singer/songwriter Iris Dement was born on January 5, 1961, in rural Paragould, AR, the youngest of 14 children. At the age of three, her devoutly religious family moved to California, where… (Read More)
Jay Bowman – singer, guitarist, songwriter, and yogi – sits in his recording studio with his legs curled up on his seat like a 12-year-old. He’s moving, shifting, and fidgeting incessantly while running his fingers through his hair in a habitual… (Read More)
Jeff Austin is a member of Yonder Mountain String Band. Be sure to check out www.yondermountain.com and sign up for the mailing list so you can keep up with all the band news and updates. Jeff was born in Arlington Heights… (Read More)
“I’m highly motivated,” says postmillennial troubadour Jeremy Fisher. “I love getting my hands in there.” The Vancouver-based writer/artist used those hands (which are generally affixed to his trusty acoustic guitar) to shoot the stop-motion footage and fashion the anthropomorphic title character… (Read More)
The Coen Brothers’ O Brother, Where Are Thou, and the subsequent “Down from the Mountain” music tours it spawned, performed a number of great services to fans of American music. One of the best of those services was in bringing forward… (Read More)
“It’s all worth it for me when people take something away from what they hear in my music,” replied singer/songwriter, Jessica Sonner, during a recent interview. Living between the snowcapped mountains of Colorado the big city of Chicago home these days… (Read More)
The day before his senior year as a playwright student at the University of North Carolina, Joe Pug sat down for a cup of coffee and had the clearest thought of his life: I am profoundly unhappy here. Then came the… (Read More)
John Oates was destined to be a musician. Singing from the time he could talk and playing the guitar since the age of five, his calling in life was never in question. Born in New York City, his family moved to… (Read More)
Modern folk guitarist, vocalist, and song crafter John Shannon believes in the power of music to enlighten the mind. After touring globally with some of the brightest rising stars in indie rock, folk, and jazz, including Sonya Kitchell, Haale and Hiromi… (Read More)
The Johnson Family Band is a collection of musicians from the Fargo Moorhead area that came together from a variety of musical backgrounds to celebrate a common love of folk music. We met in bars and classes we took together in… (Read More)
Though he had always enjoyed singing during his childhood in Cleveland, OH, Joshua Radin had never intended to be a musician. He studied drawing and painting in college, and only after stints working in a gallery, as an art teacher, and… (Read More)
With Justin Townes Earle’s pedigree come mixed blessings. As the son of legendary singer/songwriter Steve Earle, high expectations are the name of the game, and he’s shown that he is up to the task on The Good Life, crafting stark portraits… (Read More)
