Author: Jonathan Frahm

Album | Chloe Kimes – Apothecary

When your humble writer first came across Chloe Kimes, it was when she was singing three-parts in one of the first iterations of Awesome Distraction. Fast forward another four or five years from there and the Michigan-slash-Nashville artist has grown…

Video Premiere | Copper Viper – ‘Hung Up Alone’

Do not let Copper Viper’s minimalist presentation fool you. As folk duos do, their dynamics may be clean and precise, but they are most certainly not without their intricacies. Just as the Milk Carton Kids would go on to wow…

Album | The Suborbitals – Hey Oblivion

At the end of everything, there stands oblivion. We come into this life aware that it will one day end—that, like all matter that has come before and after us, we too will one day leave the way we came…

Single | Scott Chasolen – Limbo

Perhaps best known for his brilliant work behind the keys, Scott Chasolen is letting redolent guitar tones and a hearty voice take the reins on his newest single, ‘Limbo’. Left-of-center triads develop an almost ominous tone straightaway, paving the path…

Video Premiere | Madeleine Roger – Luckiest

We are not always lucky enough to make a big choice and ultimately bear its fruit. Sometimes we succeed, and other times, our hopes are dashed to the wayside. We all are who we are and not a thing can…

Video Premiere | Jessi Williams & Coyote – Bloodhound

Directed by Ryan Ross, Jessi Williams & Coyote go out for a run in the music video for their latest single, ‘Bloodhound’. The frantic pace of which the lead character’s feet propel him forward are indicative of the song’s thematic…

Interview | FFS 5 Q&A with Loren Cole

If there is one thing you can learn from Loren Cole, it’s to question everything. The singer-songwriter came of age in the digital world, but even she finds the whole social media landscape a bit exhausting. Her debut album, For the Sake of…

Album | The Good Morning Nags – No Damn Good EP

The Good Morning Nags’ new EP, No Damn Good, just goes to show that ‘short’ often does mean ‘sweet’. At the very least, it sure does in this instance. The two songs that decorate its quaint halls assure listeners of that.…

Interview | FFS 5 Q&A with John Smith

Around this time last month, John Smith dropped the first tune from off of a forthcoming, soon-to-be-officially-announced album. ‘Willy Moore’ is an old-time American folk classic of uncertain origins, likely to have been written sometime during the early 1900s. Smith…