Wax Moon’s Paul Kimball and John Blatchford were putting in the work for years before converging as a folk duo; Kimball with fronting cosmic country-rockers, Careless Hearts, and John as a multifarious musical force known for work with The Mumlers…
Based in California, Nancy Wenstrom delicately crafts country blues that wouldn’t be out of place in the Heartland. With her heartful vocals, Wenstrom commands haunting melodies with ease. This is wholly felt on her latest single, ‘Alabama Song’, with its…
A rising star of Appalachian string music, Anya Hinkle’s latest composition finds respite in the pensive. A contemplative, careful, and moving instrumental track, ‘Meditation: Beyond the Shores of Darkness’ showcases the shift from winter to spring. Its music video intersperses…
Moon and Bike produce instrumental treats. Boone and Michael, the men behind the project, first met in Oregon. There, they waxed eclecticism, showcasing a broad love and penchant for myriad musical stylings. Now, they create cinematic guitar music under their…
Near the start of the year, The Divorcees made a dent in the country scene with the authentic outlaw gravel of their new LP, Drop of Blood. Considering their determined collective work ethic, there would never have been a better…
Thematically, D.L. Rossi’s Lonesome Kind is what it says it is on the tin. It’s certainly lonesome, but Rossi’s emotion is softly, sometimes ironically veiled beneath the tasty veneer of grooving, soulful music. A mix of Motown and Americana (it…
Strays Don’t Sleep is back in a big way. After 15 years, Matthew Ryan and Neilson Hubbard are together again with pictoral, ambient folk that’s worth the fanfare. Natural, meditative, and altogether human, the folk duo feel right at home…
Forest Sun is the product of his parents, folk-singing, earth-loving hippies from upstate New York. As the story goes, his dad literally built the floor that Dylan stood on at Woodstock’s Bearsville Studios. Beyond that, though, Sun has given himself…
With his upcoming EP, Nothing to Prove, Ervin Stellar experienced the satisfaction of self-production, and it shows. Dutifully delivered, each track on the album—whether it’s one of its three originals or two covers—is developed with a sincere, fully-rounded intent. It’s…
Sam Pace and the Gilded Grit are generally known for the electric, eclectic blues. Their new single, ‘Bubala’, strips things back into an acoustic affair. The stripped-back approach doesn’t ground Pace in mediocrity, though; an artist of his prowess is…