Approaching its 54th event, the Cambridge Folk Festival remains firmly amongst Europe’s foremost offerings for celebrating, introducing and shaping folk music. We spoke to operations manager Neil Jones and asked what the secret to its longevity is: “we’re so aware…
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Album | Brown Kid – Rusty Strings
Most days, it feels like Peruvian folk artist Brown Kid’s lively irreverence is more needed than ever. His new album may be titled Rusty Strings, but it never sounds like he was playing on any. Production on the singer-songwriter’s newest EP is…
Live | Phoebe Bridgers @ Harlow’s, Sacramento
With even a cursory pulse on the indie music scene, it would have been hard to not come across the name Phoebe Bridgers—a Los Angeles-native indie folk singer-songwriter—within the past few years. Bridgers was featured on an Apple iPhone commercial…
Watch | Diamonds and Whiskey – “Whiskey Down”
From Charlotte, Diamonds and Whiskey define North Carolina with their music. Americana at its heart, the duo comprised of Jenny Webb and Von Bury blend the myriad of elements that define their roots amalgam with a darker style and grace…
Album | The Essex Green – Hardly Electronic
Nowadays it feels like good comedies are hard to come by; along the same line of thought, it feels harder to find albums that seem to come from a blissful place, without sounding cheesy or artificial. Luckily for us, The…
Album | Marty Thompson – Romantic Stories
Marty Thompson’s newest album was made out of a romantic story itself. At the start of a month-long family backpacking trip, Thompson couldn’t decide between all of the grand guitars on sale at a shop in Munich to take with…
Album | Gideon King & City Blog – Upscale Madhouse
Taking a page from the golden book of Steely Dan, Gideon King & City Blog take some of the objective best pieces of folk, jazz, and other genre influencers and shake them up into a delicious mixer. They do so,…
Album | BEAU + LUCI – Live From: Aggie Theatre
From Lord Huron to Johnny Cash, artists new and old alike have dipped their toes into the venerable, earthen power of swamp stomp music throughout the years. Few, however, breath this grungy, harrowing spin on the popular folk-rock as profoundly—or…
Watch | Miriam Waks – ‘Back to the Jungle’
In her new music video, Miriam Waks takes us on an adventure through the concrete jungle that is New York City. As we follow her through her home city, we are graced with a gorgeous ode to the incredible variety…
Album | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
It was about time Sub Pop looked outside Pacific Northwest to re-establish itself as a point-of-reference label after a few years of dwindling reputation. Hope Downs is the full-length debut by none other than a Melbourne band – possibly the…