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Led by the husband-and-wife team of David Pelta-Tiller (mandolin, tenor guitar, vocals) and Enion Pelta-Tiller (five-string violin, vocals), Colorado’s Taarka specialize in weaving intricate folksy tales with technical acoustic musicianship not unlike groups like the Punch Brothers or fellow Coloradans Elephant Revival. It helps that this duo also features guitarist Ross Martin and bass powerhouse Sam […]

Not many 23-year-old guitarists can claim to have toured opening for B.B. King—Hamish Anderson has already checked this milestone off the list, having finished a run with the iconic bluesman in October. Hamish made a name for himself in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia, with an impressive live show offering a mix of electric-blues-soaked rave-ups […]

What happens when you put together a folk-oriented singer-songwriter with a jazz drummer? You get music that is infectiously listenable and like nothing you’ve heard before. Such is the case with Catherine Feeny and Chris Johnedis, the unlikely Portland, OR-based duo who have used their natural musical chemistry to create something special. Feeny has been making music […]

Chicago, IL’s Molehill doesn’t have the classic, charming origin story of longtime friends chasing down the spirit of rock in a suburban garage; Peter Manhart developed his love for performance in a touring Ukrainian dance troupe in his youth, Trevor Jones is a classical upright bass player, Devin Staples developed his drumming chops on the […]

The self-titled debut album from Willie and the Giant is a double shot of vintage rock and soul. The retro-minded Nashville band cut these new songs at all-analog studio Welcome to 1979, where an impressive list of legends and contemporaries have recorded before them—Todd Snider and Dave Schools’ Hard Working Americans, The North Mississippi All-Stars, […]

(Photo: Greg Aiello) Anyone who follows the jam, funk, and jazz scenes could probably rail off a list of musicians who would play in their dream collaboration. For music nerds this is like building your fantasy football team. Featuring three titans of the scene in Skerik (saxophones), John Medeski (keyboards), and Adam Deitch (drums), DRKWAV […]

Arizona’s decker. exceeds both lyrically and musically with their adventurous sound that is not quite definable – and that’s a good thing. Forget the desert and landscapes of their home state, decker. truly captures something imaginative that goes beyond geography. Led by the one-of a kind soulful and edgy vocal styling of Brandon Decker, his […]

Hailing from the “Live Music Capital of the World”, T Bird & the Breaks have been delivering their trademark brand of funky soul music since 2007. Honing their chops in the many venues spread across Austin, the group has developed one of the best live shows around. It would be easy to just call T […]

Photo credit: Michael Traister “I’m so thrilled to get to see 6 String Drag again. They’re as great as ever. Like reconnecting with a long lost friend.” – Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) Sure, it’s been 18 years since North Carolina alt. country heroes 6 String Drag last released an album, but there’s no time like the […]

Laura Marling returns with a new album Short Movie, to be released through Ribbon Music on March 24th.   The new single “False Hope,” which premiered on BBC Radio today can be heard below. Short Movie is Marling’s fifth album in seven years, a remarkable achievement for someone who has yet to reach her 25th birthday. Recording since the age of […]

There’s a wistful, unpretentious elegance to Book Club’s sound. At once urbane and downhome, this is modern pastoral pop music that—in sound and spirit—can trace a straight line back to the simple, unaffected roots of American storysong. On Book Club’s new LP, One-Way Moon (out Feb. 3 via Cottage Recording Co./Bear Kids Recordings), frontman/songwriter Robbie […]

Paul Kelly may not be a household name here in America, but over the course of more than forty years the Australian singer-songwriter and musician has been nothing short of prolific. Numerous awards and a genre-crossing body of work has earned Paul Kelly the status of living legend, which is exactly why his upcoming release […]

Run the Jewels played “Lie, Cheat,Steal” from their universally acclaimed 2014 release Run the Jewels 2 on Conan 1/15/2015.

Fox Street is quickly gaining a reputation for being one of the hardest working rock and roll bands on the Colorado music scene. Voted Denver’s “Best Traditional Rock Band” at the 2013 Westword Music Showcase, the group also played raging headline shows for packed houses at The Bluebird Theater and Larimer Lounge. Fox Street boasts […]

Photo Credit: Tyler Zoller The self-proclaimed “Southern Indiana Country Blues Heroes” are back this year with their fifth full-length album of original material, So Delicious. The album hits the streets and the interwebs on February 17, and is also their debut on Yazoo Records, “the legendary pre-war blues re-issue label” that’s part of Shanachie Entertainment.” So Delicious captures The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band […]

Jeff Austin will make his Yep Roc label debut with his genre-blurring solo debut, The Simple Truth, out February 10 and just recently announced a winter tour in support. His first solo album since leaving Yonder Mountain String Band spans country ballads and bluegrass through rock and powerpop. Jeff recruited the likes of Danny Barnes […]

Hailing from Washington D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts respectively, the six-piece band Kingsley Flood have been capturing the attention of adoring fans since releasing their 2010 full-length Dust Windows. The group succeeds in spinning influences of folk, punk, Americana and rock music into catchy, thoughtful songs you can both dance to and sing along with. Following […]

Veteran singer, songwriter and musician Jesse Harris has just announced the release of new album No Wrong No Right, out Feb. 10 on Dangerbird Records. The Grammy-winning Harris had his breakthrough in 2003, having written Norah Jones’ first and biggest hit “Don’t Know Why.” He subsequently has had a vibrant solo career of his own, along the […]

Acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Chadwick Stokes ( Chad Urmston from Dispatch) has a new studio album, The Horse Comanche, which will be released February 3rd on Ruff Shod Records/Thirty Tigers. Recorded at Chicago’s Shirk Studios and L.A.’s House of Blues studio, the 10-track album was co-produced by Sam Beam of Iron and Wine, Brian Deck (Gomez, Josh Ritter) and Noah Georgeson (Joanna Newsom, Devendra […]

decker. has created an expansive palette of folk, gospel, rock and psychedelia and will release their new album Patsy on February 17, 2015. Front-man Brandon Decker sings with a soulful conviction that is almost unidentifiable but brilliantly curious. Patsy is bookended (save for a quick intro) by “O.D.B.” and “Ol Dirty Revival,” two themed tracks […]