Newport Folk Festival
[S]pirit Family Reunion delighted fans at the Fort last year with one of the best sets of the festival. They might have even stolen the show. I couldn’t be happier to announce the fact that they’ll be returning to the grounds of Fort Adams once again this
Dawes
[L]os Angeles folk rock band Dawes has finally released a new single off their upcoming record, Stories Don’t End, titled “From A Window Seat,” a song written on Goldsmith’s uneasiness flying in airplanes. It’s got a distinctive classic rock / pop feel, which seems very very influenced
Hollis Brown
Hollis Brown – Nightfall [N]ew York City’s Hollis Brown’s new record is just around the corner, and a few days back they released this track “Nightfall,” off of it, and I must say I’ve been digging this song, and the album quite a bit. The song, “Nightfall,
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By all accounts, it was a sell-out night for Mumford and Sons in Boston. This was the opening show of an improbable North American arena tour, and these champions of folk rock buoyed the adoring crowd with an empathetic sing-a-long. There wasn’t a body unswayed by well-plucked choruses, or
kingsley flood
Photo by Dave Green Photography [W]hen a band like Boston’s Kingsley Flood only has a few years under their belt, and still collects accolades like they have been creating music together for a Springsteen amount of years, you have yourself something pretty special. The latest album, Battles, is
forever endeavour
The first time I heard Ron Sexsmith‘s “These Days” (about a decade ago), I was tucked away in the back room and of a not-to-be-named medical software company. The song (a bit of a departure from his previous works apparently) hit me like a breath of fresh air flowing
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Photos by Boston Concert Photography [F]riday night was as good of a night as any for music fans here in Boston. Newly announced to the Newport Folk Festival, South Carolina folk rock duo Shovels & Rope in town with friend Andrew Combs warming up the room for them. Shovels
Zambonis
[H]ockey and rock n’ roll go together like fist-a-cuffs and 5-minute majors and no other band combines the best of both worlds better than Bridgeport, Connecticut’s The Zambonis. Formed in 1991, when the Pittsburgh Penguins hoisted the Stanley Cup with Mario Lemieux, after defenceman/guitarist/singer Dave Schneider
Caitlin Rose
Caitlin Rose – I Was Cruel [N]ashville has got some new talent these days, and Caitlin Rose is in that short list of burgeoning talent coming out of the Music City. The 25 year old songstress has her sophomore album, The Stand In, coming out March 5th on ATO Records,
phosphorescent
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcdOLKx2XG8[/youtube] [P]hosphorescent is back at it, brining a new full-length, Muchacho, a sonic shift kind of water that feels as though it was recorded under water. There’s a certain, touching vibe to “Song for Zula,” that really hits you straight
The Cave Singers
[T]he Cave Singers are yet again releasing another record this year, the new record titled Naomi, will release March 5th. It’s their 4th record, and they get a boost in newly added bassist Morgan Henderson (Fleet Foxes, Blood Brothers). Though ever present is lead singer Pete Quirk’s
Jonny Fritz
Jonny Fritz – Ain’t It Your Birthday [T]he artist formerly known as Corndawg, now Jonny Fritz, has been prepping a new album for quite some time. After getting funded on Kickstarter, he recorded Dad Country ,with Taylor Goldsmith, to be the new answer to Outlaw Country. I was also