by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Justin Allen and the Well Shots – White Oak & Kerosene
An ongoing trend in Americana is a revival of a particular edge straddling the line between country, blues, and rock and roll, reminiscent of artists along the lines of John Mellencamp or Chris Stapleton. Straight out of the capital city…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Tom Woodward – Beautiful Shadows
Riding the line between old-school folk and country straight into a heap of psychedelia is Australian singer-songwriter Tom Woodward. Sonically speaking, Woodward’s sound lies somewhere between Donovan, Campbell, and the soundtrack to outer space. Previously, when For Folk’s Sake had…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Single | Tom Woodward – Beautiful Shadows
Tom Woodward is a heck of a guy. This goes without saying for fans of the fruit-harvesting, high school music theory text-pilfering, South Wales woods tent-living ways of the artist, but for those just catching up, Woodward is an artist…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | KING ROPES – DIRT
Bozeman, Montana—the birthplace of rock stars. Didn’t sound convincing? Perhaps the darkly Americana of KING ROPES could help change your mind. Akin to something between Shovels & Rope, Neil Young in his Crazy Horse era, and Mitski, the band is…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Verena von Horsten – Alien Angel Super Death
Alien Angel Super Death—if that isn’t a metal album title, then what is it? Perhaps with a swig of whiskey one can successfully label it folk right on the first go. Wherein Swiss artist Verena von Horsten’s latest record fails…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | von Konow – Lieder
Have you ever felt the outstanding need to claw your way out of your own self-made conformity and aspire to develop something totally new, yet, in part, old as it was crafted out of your pure ingenious reflection on the…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Greg and the Granules – Answer to Influence
For longtime fans of the psychedelic Southern California surf band, Particle Wave, and are particularly invested in the scene from which the band stems from, it may come as a surprise that frontman Greg Maechling is decidedly making an Americana…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Single | Edward & Graham – Menomonee Road
In the wonderful world of roots music, duos seem to have swiftly become all the rage. Whether we’re talking the audience applause whenever Shakey Graves and Esmé Patterson join forces for something from off of And The War Came, or…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Single | Christina Rubino – Down to the Sea
One such revelation of the ever-expanding world of folk has been its alternative cousin. Birthing cutting-edge records from the likes of Jessica Lea Mayfield, Jesca Hoop, and Amanda Palmer, among others, this particular breed of alternative folk takes some cues…
by Joe Sweeting • • Comments Off on Song of the Day | Ailbhe Reddy – Relent
This is something to keep you going as we head ever closer towards the weekend. Ailbhe Reddy (pronounced Al-vey) is an emerging folk artist from Dublin, and is quietly building a strong portfolio of songs. ‘Relent’, her latest, was made…