Released just over a week back, Pedigo’s Magic Pilsner is the self-titled debut of John Pedigo’s latest musical endeavor. Decorated with the detailed down-on-their-luck personas and emotions that only a folk-laden release could ever hope to pursue, Pedigo keeps things varied…
Patrick Ballantyne is known in Canada as a “songwriter’s songwriter,” known for collaborating with such artists as the legendary homegrown blues-rock combo Big Sugar, as well as The Trews, Tim Chaisson and others, helping to create a formidable catalogue of…
For Folk’s Sake’s Sami Posner recently sat down with Americana troupe Nick & Luke to discuss their latest tour and all of the memorable antics and adventures that have come with it. Trekking from one side of the US to…
Toronto singer/songwriter Collette Savard had been searching for a fresh start, and that’s definitely what’s she achieved on her latest album, Collette Savard and the Savants. After releasing three independent records with her former partner, John Zytaruk, Savard was determined…
Sir Canyon’s Noah Lamberth is an innovator. Yet, whenever he’s successfully blending genres, influences, and ideas, into his next psychedelic country fête, he makes it look oh-so-easy. The masterful singer-songwriter wasn’t always intent on producing the newfound windswept sound that…
Johnny Dango just wants to make good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll. Stillwater, Oklahoma-born and Austin, Texas-based, Dango released his new LP, Dear Everybody, I Love You, this past January. A nine track collection rooted in gritty rock ‘n’ roll, boot-stomping…
On her new album The Workingman’s Blues, Toronto-based singer/songwriter Kat Goldman has crafted a powerful statement on the reality so many of us face today. Essentially a song cycle based on her recent real-life experiences living in Boston, the 12-track…
Nashville-based Americana outfit Great Peacock have made a name for themselves on the southern festival circuit, and have shared stages with everyone from Hurray for the Riff Raff and Cage the Elephant to Margo Price and Jonathan Tyler. Now the…
Nashville indie folk-rock artist, Kellen Wenrich, once found himself a fiddle player in Apache Relay. Now, the multi-instrumentalist begins his solo career with a debut LP, Posthumous Release (out 16 February). Wenrich has performed with Jenny Lewis, Mumford & Sons, The Wild Feathers, G. Love, The…
At only 19-years-old, Lily DeTaeye has already shared bills with The Decemberists, The Shins, Chicano Batman and more. The Des Moines-based singer/songwriter started performing in public when she was 13, her venues shifting from farmers markets and coffee shops to…