The second decade of the 21st Century has brought us all sorts of throwback sounding bands resurrecting the vintage sounds of yesteryear but for every Amy Winehouse there have been thousands of painfully unoriginal derivative bands jumping on that same bandwagon. […]
Right now folk music is hot. One need only to turn on the radio or the television to hear modern folk rockers like The Lumineers or Britain’s chart conquering Mumford & Sons for proof. But between all the bombastic sing […]
Lukas Nelson might be best known for being the son of Willie Nelson but, with last year’s self titled album album release from his rock band Promise of the Real, that is changing. Over the last week or so I […]
Over the last decade, Florida’s Chuck Ragan, best known for fronting Florida punk rock superheroes “Hot Water Music” has not-so-quietly re-configured his songwriting abilities to a wider, more diverse audience than the sweat soaked punk rock clubs he came from. […]
A few months back we highlighted a young band from Brooklyn that released one of my favorite new songs of this past summer. Now, there is a new video that accompanies that wonderful song that features not only the band […]
The last couple years have seen Denver-based blues rockers Reverend Hooch scratching out a solid reputation up and down the front range of Colorado by virtue of the band’s excellent command of the time worn blues classics. Fronted by 27 year old […]
From time to time a band you’ve never seen live (and that most have never heard of yet) come out with a song so brilliant and so perfect for the moment you can’t help but share it with others. Brooklyn […]
Photo of Zach Heckendorf courtesy of Dillon Blodgett In honor of this year’s sold out 38th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival scheduled for June 16th through the 19th, I’ve chosen to highlight one of the most talked about young up-and-coming musical […]
Filthy Children first came across my radar about six years ago when one snowy winter night with no plans and a twenty dollar bill burning a hole in my wallet I asked my friend Lindsey what might be fun to go […]
Welcome to the Class of 2011 – Six Young Performers To Keep On Your Radar (and a follow up on last year’s Class of 2010) Apologies for not getting this out earlier in February. Well, just like last year, […]
