by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Single | Y. Dan Rubinstein – ‘Don’t Break What You Cannot Fix’
From the start, folk music has been harboring a rebellious spirit; it’s a key part in an artist’s unfettered ability to bear the truth. To that degree, Y. Dan Rubinstein is a genuine folkster, unmoved by outside denominators when taking…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Adam Burrows – ‘A Hymn Instead of a Homily’
Since the days of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, modern folk music and organized religion have had a tenuous relationship at best. Yet, there’s also the twist and turns that the genre has shared with gospel hymns, present in every…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Interview | FFS 5 with David Quinn
In the best way, David Quinn is a Wanderin’ Fool. Such is the name of the Chicagoan cosmic country artist’s debut album, due out today. Like many in the vein of Americana before him, Quinn is a purveyor of open…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | All This Huxley – Home, Stockholm
From the opening moments of the titular ‘Stockholm’s’ jawan brood, it’s easy to establish that All This Huxley present a form of raw indie presence perhaps last seen in as unvarnished a form when Wilco first hit the scene 25…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Interview | FFS 5 with Nicholas Mudd
When Nicholas Mudd was offered the opportunity, the troubadour took no time in taking the chance to hit the open road. Planning his 10-day trip from Lexington, Kentucky to Los Angeles aboard his Harley-Davidson, this 2011 satiating of his wanderlust…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video Premiere | J.W. Teller & Drew Danburry – ‘Ghost’
With his self-titled debut album, J.W. Teller rung in the year right for folk listeners like us. Each song present on the LP serves the same function of illustrating a separate part in Teller’s life, the singer-songwriter recalling these moments…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video | Damon Mitchell – ‘Elise’
Having recently joined America on-stage for an encore rendition of their hit song, ‘A Horse With No Name’, Damon Mitchell’s latest single doesn’t feel too out-of-sync with 60s and 70s-era folk-rock, either. Procuring elements of what made the likes of…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video Premiere | Sarah Eide – ‘The Bridge Song’
Like many of us throughout the world, when news of the 2016 US Election hit, Sarah Eide was at a loss. She recalls, “I felt there was an ever growing chasm between myself and many people I love and respect,…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video Premiere | Dylan Owen – ‘A Quarter Century’
Shedding the glitzy braggadocio of modern pop poseurs, Dylan Owen’s brand of rap comes from a place of sincerity without stepping over any lines. This is an artist who acknowledges his place in the world and comfortably lies in it,…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Interview | FFS 5 with Kyle Daniel
What’s there to say when you’ve conceded to the hardships of life? Kyle Daniel wrestles with this question throughout his sophomore EP, aptly titled What’s There to Say?. Delivering his message via bright melodies and a wall of electric guitar, Daniel…