‘Wintersun’ is, Paul Mosley says, ‘an exercise in smart-arse time signatures’. That may well be true, but you don’t need to know that to appreciate this moving tale of unrequited love. With rich harmonies and sweeping saxophone, the third track…
Chances are if you’re reading this blog, you’ve heard of Roo Panes. We’re just niche and British enough to warrant it. Beyond that, though, if you do, it’s probably because this bloke has been pretty adept at producing earworms over…
The music present on Geoff Gibbons’ Buffalo Hotel fits snugly into the same corridor established by 20th century greats like Neil Young, David Crosby, and Jackson Browne. It’s windswept, melodic storytelling told with just a sprinkling of pop sentiment across a genuine…
“Her songs show a very real connection and concern with everyday folk.” Lifted from the first paragraph of May Erlewine’s Facebook biography, this is the singular, wholesome truth that sits at the center of the Michigan artist’s entire portfolio. Her…
As a successful bluegrass outfit today, Trout Steak Revival’s place in music today is indicative of how working hard and building some quirky lore around your quirk moniker to live up to can both pay off. One Michigan-to-Colorado road trip…
Spanning genres, vocations, performance styles, and beyond, the world of artists who’ve made a living for themselves doing what they love is incredibly diverse and effervescent. You see them on the big screen and selling out theatres, to be certain,…