by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Elizabeth Tighe – Smoke Rises
Amongst the throngs of rising indie musicians throughout the U.S., Arizona might well be one of the most revered in terms of the sheer mass of great roots music coming from the state. Whether it be an Americana amalgamation this…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Matt Townsend – The Drifter and the Dream (Part 1)
Perhaps not unlike the trailblazing icon Dylan himself, Asheville, North Carolina’s own Matt Townsend has decidedly performed a steady two-step past the acoustic basis upon which he originally stood in a move to effectively expand his sound. Once again not…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Michael Van and the Movers – A Little More Country
Taking cues from country, folk, rock, bluegrass and blues all rolled into one, Americana is arguably the captivating (let alone convenient) face of modern roots music, recently integrating such names as Chris Stapleton and the Drive-By Truckers into the pop…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Saul Losada – Energy
Of all of the genres ever prevalent in music, blues may very well be far and away one of the most scintillating. At the very least, it certainly has the backstory to back it up, in which one would be…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Guy Grogan – Glitter in the Gears
“Folk music” has evolved as a term in the eyes of critics and fans alike, everywhere, to encompass a myriad of different possibilities in regards to full definition. Whereas some are indignant in relating it purely to the Bob Dylans…
by Joe Sweeting • • Comments Off on Album | Jesca Hoop- Memories are Now
This is a work of art. Now, I’m aware that with the proliferation of music in this modern age, records are often lauded before being forgotten about when the next ‘big’ thing comes around. It is unclear whether Memories are…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Gert Taberner – Fallen
There has been a movement, in roots music, as of late, to get it back to its, well, roots. Amongst the drone of commercialization slapped with “folk” and “singer-songwriter” labels like it’s going out of style, there are still truth-tellers…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | April Martin – In the Blink of a Life
The term “folk music” and what it means to be a folk musician are both terms and ideals that have expanded exponentially since the genre’s foundation, arguably sewn in the roots of countrymen and women worldwide not aiming to be…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Danophone – Rerun
You wouldn’t quite expect it from singer-songwriters hailing from coastal Denmark, but the Aalborg-centric Danophone take the greatest pride in developing wistfully lugubrious soundscapes reminiscent of the modern folk and blues that has acted as the backbone of American workingman…
by Joe Sweeting • • Comments Off on Song of the Day: Fionn Regan – The Meetings of the Waters
The return of Fionn Regan is something to delight in. With a video staring the ever excellent Cillian Murphy (of Peaky Blinders fame), the track comes from the record of the same name, due out in the Spring. With Justin…