June Star Equally Wild Baltimore mainstay Americana band fronted by Andrew Grimm, June Star, has a new album just out, Equally Wild. This album was produced by J Robbins (Andy Bopp), mixed by J Robbins and Andrew Grimm, and mastered by Dan Coutant at Sunroom Audio. The album was recorded at Magpie Cage Studios. Grimm […]
The Romans Dandelion The Romans are a folksy, old-timey bluegrass pop-ish band from Croatia and Slovenia – two countries at the Easternmost top of the “boot” of Italy if you’re looking on a map, with shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea. They’ve crafted a blend of luegrass styles with folk and a bit of pop Central […]
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Adam Faucett New Variations of the Reaper Arkansas musician songwriter Adam Faucett has a new album, New Variations of the Reaper. This album pays homage to Arkansas throughout, with a darkness and a slow electric guitar energy in songs that were written during Adam’s arduous road to recovery from throat surgery. The resulting album is […]
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Jeremy Nail Fleeting Things Austin area musician songwriter Jeremy Nail has just quietly released a beautiful, raw EP of songs that speak to your very soul, Fleeting Things. Hushed with subtle touches of atmospheric amplification of its signature introspective energy, this EP harnesses slightly more modern “indie folk” atmosphere, somehow managing to focus the sound […]
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Ben Garcia Western Skyline Multi-instrumentalist songwriter Ben Garcia has a new album just out, Western Skyline. This album is at heart a Western style album, with some songs that wax heavier and some that showcase a classic country style. Ben Garcia was born in the foothills of the mountains in Utah and continues forming his […]
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Tonewood String Band Heart of the Pretender Colorado bluegrass jam band Tonewood String Band has just released a new album Heart of the Pretender, produced by Tyler Grant. The album features songs the majority of which were written by George Sepmeier, but every member of the band wrote one or two more, each, so it’s […]
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Rene Lopez A New York Lie Rene Lopez is gracing the music world this week with a new album produced by Patrick Sansone of Wilco: A New York Lie. It’s not an alt-rock Wilco-style affair though; there’s more of a ranging between rootsy confessional rock, touches of funk, honky tonk dive bar sentiments and even doses […]
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Leon Majcen Makin’ a Livin’ (Not A Killin’) Leon Majcen has a new album freshly minted of raw acoustic guitar playing and songwriting that’s nestled in the Prine genealogy and was produced by Pat Lyons (Colter Wall), Makin’ a Livin’ (Not A Killin’). Lovely thoughtful songs by a younger man with an older man’s name […]
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Susong Matae Sibling duo Susong has a new EP, Matae. North Carolinian brothers Matt and Michael Susong and their songs are living exemplifications of the new ground that complementarity can break. Rather than identifying as two peas in a pod, the Susong brothers individually tend toward contrasting interests and focuses. But bring their musical ideas […]
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Shadow Animal Dreams We Build Shadow Animal has a new album Dreams We Build that’s experimental spoken word poetry / ska /authentic songs that are profound observations served with acoustic and electric guitar and percussion. Most of the time Americana music covers twangy sad songs with quality lyrics, and it’s not often that would typically include […]
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