Mike Thomas photo by Justin Hammond Mike Thomas makes Americana rootsy rock style music, using landscape metaphors for healing what’s ailing the American soul. In this song, we have the image of Mike fishing with his son, and the cathartic of the timeless tradition and the natural waters: “we’ve seen a lot pain these days […]
Rags Rosenberg Rags Rosenberg has a new album of folk songs intriguingly titled Song of the Bricoleur. A bricoleur is an artist or writer, or just an average person, who creates things from a wide variety of sources and media. For Rags, this is an apt term for what is needed in the current social […]
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Diane King – Sky Diane King has a new album on the horizon, Sky. Diane’s journey involved an experience with a lymphoma scare, and then finding new love, and then finding a producer, Stephan Oberhoff, to believe in her songs as much as she did, and dive in to work on her new album. This […]
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Garreson Monte Garreson has a new album Monte, which features saved voicemails left by Garreson’s grandfather Monte Garrison, who was a country Western singer and musician and supported his grandson’s parallel passion for songwriting and music. Garreson named his album for his grandfather, and the songs weave a tightly supported tapestry of family talent, love, […]
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Tenkiller Burn the Boats Tenkiller has a new album Burn the Boats: it’s heavy, driving, and muddy electric Southern red dirt rock that beats like the hearts of struggling Southern folks themselves. And it’ll resonate with struggling folks everywhere. Hailing from Nashville, Tenkiller is a genre-blending alt country outfit whose members had roots in the […]
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Rosedale Junction Cornflakes and Coffee Rosedale Junction has a new album Cornflakes and Coffee, full of big clean roots rock sounds, in songs about coping and survival that turn into merrymaking. All of this takes place with a talented backing band including Phil Madeira and Roger Smith of the Tower of Power on keys with […]
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The Fremonts – The Failure Cabaret Folk – cabaret duo the Fremonts are re-releasing their album The Failure Cabaret this week, with lively theatrical songs that dynamically poke a bit of fun at life in now fresh recordings. The Fremonts are Stephanie Dodd (originally hailing from Fremont, Nebraska) and Justin Badger (originally hailing from Fremont, […]
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Goldpine – Three Goldpine is powerhouse Nashville duo Benjamin and Kassie Wilson, and they’re releasing a new album this week, their third: Three. Characterized by Kassie’s powerful and lavish vocals, the songs take the formidable approach to grab your attention and tell it like it is. It’s empowered without showboating or pushiness. There’s no frailty […]
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Euphoria Station – Smoking Gun The Los Angeles-based band Euphoria Station, which was founded by vocalist Saskia Kraft van Ermel and guitar virtuoso Hoyt Binder, have released their third album of roots rockin’ vibey songs, Smoking Gun. With a rhythm section from Robben Ford and Gov’t Mule, this album pushes the envelope of the band’s […]
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Dan Cloutier The Iceberg Dan Cloutier journeyed to Greenland and Newfoundland to record his new concept folk album The Iceberg. The concept is honoring a deep connection to nature and what really matters fundamentally as humans. As Dan explains it, “The music on the album is all about finding hope during dark seasons of life. […]
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