A very few records exist that one can describe as “magical” – a very dangerous, double-edged attribute when it comes to music and art, as it can entail the deepest probing of the unconscious as well as the most kitsch,…
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…
With his debut solo album, Toronto-based singer/songwriter Dave Allen establishes himself as a bona fide roots music auteur, transporting us to a place that to our modern perceptions will seem uncomfortably foreign, or conversely, all too real. Listeners previously heard…
‘Sleep Tight’ is not, as the title might suggest, a lullaby. But the latest taste of The Heart Of’s upcoming debut EP is a beautifully tender reflection on those thoughts that you can’t always escape when the lights go out.…
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…
Happenstance is a powerful force. For Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O’Donovan performingtogether at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in 2014, created a beautiful friendship. Since then they have toured the world and now, at last, recorded their first album…