Afton Wolfe – interview Afton Wolfe is part of a family of musicians and songwriters in Nashville, with whom he has teamed up on his latest release. Afton’s father-in-law L.H. Halliburton is a celebrated and renowned songwriter, and his daughter, Robin, Afton’s spouse, is a singer. They came together for Wolfe’s album The Harvest, just […]
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Carl Solomon – The Whisper Carl Solomon is a folk singer, musician and song craftsmen situated within the backdrop of Portland, Oregon with a new album, The Whisper. The album was recorded, produced and mixed by Merel Bregente; and mastered by Jerry Tubb. The cover art is courtesy of Jennifer Joyce, with graphic design by Terill […]
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Lisa Reagan – What We Need is Here Lisa Reagan’s new album What We Need Is Here, is ten classic poems by noted authors, including Wendell Berry, Yeats, two by Robert Frost, Keats, Shakespeare, and William Wordsworth set to quality music. Lisa composed the music and melodies for each of the poems. Jamshied Sharifi (Tony-award […]
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Mark Joseph interview Mark Joseph has a new album out Palisade Peach. Steeped in the blues, this album also features guest performances by Melvin Seals (Jerry Garcia’s organist for quite some time) , Toby Lee Marshall and bassist Jerry Jemmott, and covers of a couple of Robert Johnson classics along with Joseph’s original songs. The […]
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Jeshua Marshall interview Jeshua Marshall is a Canadian songwriter with a history in playing and writing songs since his career was launched by an acoustic guitar gift at the age of 9. He set off to play in bands (Larry and his Flask, with his brother Jamin) and share stages with folks like Joshua Ray […]
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Tim Easton – Special 20 and Not Cool reissues Tim Easton is reissuing two of his keystone albums via Black Mesa Records this week: Special 20 and Not Cool. Special 20 was originally released in 1998, and was produced at Nashville’s Alex the Great Recording in 1998 with producers Brad Jones and Robin Eaton. This […]
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The International Treasures photo by Tom Smouse The International Treasures are Doyle Turner and Ted Hajnasiewicz, and they’ve teamed up for their recent release: Together, We Are the International Treasures. The album has bright folk songs with warm strings, cello and fiddle accenting every step of the way and is a real optimistic collection. It’s […]
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John R. Miller – Heat Comes Down John R. Miller has a new album freshly released, Heat Comes Down. “Called in sick so I could get to work” (hell yeah) is the first line on the first song of the album: “Nobody Has to Know Your Mind.” “Nobody has to know your mind, how […]
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Bill Abernathy – More Bill Abernathy has a new album recently available, More. All of the tracks on this folk rock album were written by Bill Abernathy. It is a collection of honest observations and, although it is about much more than love, you might see most of the songs here through the filter of […]
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Maureen Toth – Chiaroscuro Maureen Toth has a new EP out, Chiaroscuro (which means the sharp contrast of darkness and light, in Italian and referred to Italian artists) . This album was released last month and was produced by Carlos Calvo, engineered and mixed by Paul Smith, and mastered by Evran Goknar. Cover art for […]
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