ohh yippie kayyy yayyyyy Nikki Lane, a native of Greenville, South Carolina figured if she could someday earn as many fans as people who live in her hometown, she’d be doing just fine. She guesstimated that number to be around […]
ohh yippie kayyy yayyyyy Nikki Lane, a native of Greenville, South Carolina figured if she could someday earn as many fans as people who live in her hometown, she’d be doing just fine. She guesstimated that number to be around […]
On Little Seeds, Shovels and Rope (out October 7 on New West) pushes the envelope in both directions. The noisy, propulsive songs are noisier and more propulsive than ever, as the album-opening, wickedly backbiting “I Know” and the devastating “Invisible […]
Between Melbourne, San Francisco and Nashville, I have seen Robert Ellis perform a half-dozen times, all since 2013. Just about every time, it has largely been just him and an acoustic or electric guitar, or occasionally a side-kick or two. He has a distinctive and […]
I don’t know a huge amount about Sara Watkins. I’ve seen her live once, on the I’m With Her tour also featuring Aoife O’Donovan and Sarah Jarosz. I’ve got one of her albums (two now). I know she was something […]
It’s hard to believe that Sara Watkins is 35 years old; she seems perennially the kid-sister violin prodigy and secret-weapon vocalist who came of age in Nickel Creek. Yet Young in All the Wrong Ways (out July 1 on New West) […]
As a shape-shifting trickster, Canadian Daniel Romano joins the ranks of Sturgill Simpson and even Robbie Fulks on the weirdly compelling Mosey (out May 27 on New West). For those who know Romano from his more countrypolitan work — last […]
After three albums, Robert Ellis has chosen to make his new self-titled effort (out June 3 on New West Records) less about the world around him and more about internal intrigue. It finds him expounding on subjects that are close at […]
If you’re wondering what Daniel Romano is up to on his latest release, Mosey, don’t look to him for help. Some artists make videos to help explain what’s going on in their works, but Romano seems to believe in the […]
On this, their third album as a duo, sisters Lily & Madeleine Jurkiewicz create an ethereal sound that’s enhanced by the lure of their beguiling sibling harmonies. They instil every song here with ample amounts of atmospheric intrigue, not the […]
Quiet and muted, Lily and Madeleine float through their new record Keep It Together (out Feb. 26 on New West Records). The Indianapolis sisters craft the kind of understated pop folk that makes for an ideal chill sesh. It’s never too […]
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