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Chicago power-pop outfit The Feeders came together the way plenty of great bands do — through a perfectly timed mix of chance encounters, mutual admiration, and the kind of chemistry that can’t really be planned. In the summer of 2019, songwriter Sam Vicari landed a surprise invitation to perform at Taste of Chicago just as […]

Rafay Rashid was born in Islamabad, Pakistan, and bred in New York and Rhode Island. He makes experimental pop and no-wave songs, under the moniker Ravi Shavi, that are confessional, ecstatic, and confrontational. His writing emerged as a response to growing up a Muslim kid in the neoliberal hellspace of post-9/11 America. Ravi Shavi became […]

There’s a restless sense of motion running through the music of Carly King — the kind that comes from a life shaped equally by grief, wanderlust, and the search for meaning in ordinary moments. On her debut album, Loving You Is Easy, due May 15 via First City Artists, King introduces herself as a songwriter […]

One of the most impressive and difficult achievements an artist can reach in their artistic endeavors is longevity. This is not a platinum record to hang on your wall, nor is it a large number sitting nicely next to the title of your song on Spotify; longevity is an intangible dream that can only be […]

What begins as a groove in Club d’Elf’s world often becomes a doorway into someplace older, stranger and unshackled by time. The band has spent twenty seven years helping audiences lose track of time with its shape-shifting fusion of Moroccan trance, dub, electronica, jazz and improvised funk. Built around bassist and composer Mike Rivard, each […]

For more than three decades, Trever M. Keith has lived the kind of restless, road-worn existence that tends to bleed into the art—equal parts grit, observation, and hard-earned reflection. Known to many as the driving force behind SoCal punk lifers Face to Face, Keith has long operated as a creative polymath, channeling his instincts not […]

Halfway to Mellowtown is the debut album from Austin-based Cento Threeo, a Jazz / Americana trio led by guitarist and composer Don Cento. The album was recorded by Stuart Sikes (White Stripes, Cat Power, Loretta Lynn) at Church House in the band’s hometown with Cento producing. Halfway to Mellowtown is being released June 19 by […]

For more than two decades, Ike Reilly has carved out a singular lane as a rogue poet of the American fringe—equal parts barroom philosopher and street-corner storyteller. His tenth studio album Blind and Surrounded (due out June 12th via Rock Ridge Music)finds him operating at a creative peak, doubling down on the grit and grace […]

Elijah Ford would have to work hard at ignoring his musical roots; with amazing vocalist Kirsten Ford for a mother and guitar hero Marc Ford (The Black Crowes, Ben Harper) for a father, it’s obvious the multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter comes by his passion naturally. But Elijah’s also forged his own paths in his music making, whether it […]

Raised in Georgia, Hunter Morris didn’t fully commit to music until college, but once he did, the path was anything but conventional. After a short detour in Wyoming, he returned to the South and landed in Athens, Georgia, where he balanced life as a fly-fishing guide with fronting a string of rock bands. It was […]

Florence Dore has lived many lives throughout her musical career. While crafting her signature country-rock and cementing her place in the burgeoning contemporary scene as a thriving member of punk, rock, and country bands alike, Dore was earning a doctorate in American Literature. Her academic explorations of some of the best writers in history should […]

Jeff Mamett writes songs rooted in place, work, memory, and the quiet bonds between people. His music sits in the Americana tradition—plainspoken, melodic, and attentive to everyday lives rather than spectacle. His forthcoming album, Fortunate Son (due out August 21st), is a collection of character-driven songs moving through rural landscapes, late shifts, front porches, and […]

Few bands working in Americana today understand the value of community quite like The Deslondes. The New Orleans outfit has always balanced reverence for tradition with a restless urge to keep the conversation moving forward, and on their upcoming release Don’t Let It Die Vol. 1, arriving May 22nd via New West Records (PRE-ORDER), they […]

Luke Winslow-King blends jazz, blues, classical, and folk into a powerful, cinematic sound. With fluid guitar work, fearless songwriting, and gruff yet tender vocals, his music leaves a lasting impression. Originally hailing from Cadillac, Michigan, and now living in Spain, Winslow-King drank deeply from the wells of blues and rock, growing up immersed in Chess […]

Zach Seabaugh is a Nashville-based indie-pop singer-songwriter whose music blends heartfelt storytelling with infectious melodies. Originally from Marietta, Georgia, Zach discovered his love for singing in his local church choir before pursuing a Music Business degree at Middle Tennessee State University. Influenced by artists like Ben Rector, Jack Johnson, and John Mayer, Zach has crafted […]

“So many tragedies seemed to shape this record. In the middle of our second recording session, Michael Nussbaum finished his drum parts and went on a paragliding trip, during which he had a near-fatal 100-foot fall that broke his back. My Dad suffered from kidney failure and was put on dialysis, the world descended into […]

There’s a certain electricity that follows Orquestra Pacifico Tropical—a sense that what started as a local experiment has grown into something far more communal, far more alive. Formed in 2012 by Portland scene mainstays David “Papi” Fimbres and Carlos Segovia, the group emerged from the same creative spark that fueled their Latinx dance night, Double […]

Originally from Houston, Emory Duncan now lives and writes from a log cabin tucked beneath the Redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains, crafting pastoral Americana as dreamy, foggy, and serene as the setting he inhabits. He released his debut EP For Someone I Don’t Know in 2024 followed by a string of singles. “Songwriting is […]

Both The Klezmatics and their new album, We Were Made For These Times (due out May 1st) are links in the goldene keyt—the Yiddish concept of an ever-growing golden chain that binds past and future. Now entering their momentous 40th year as a band, The Klezmatics have forged a long series of links in that […]

Portland-based band The Builders and The Butchers will be releasing their new album, which marks their seventh, on April 3rd, via Badman Recording Co. It’s titled No Tomorrow, and as the title might suggest, it has plenty to do with the current apocalyptic feeling of existence. And yet, within the fiery imagery and doom, there […]