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Andrew Spencer Goldman’s Fulton Lights project returns with the four-song EP Well the Night Has Come. Written and produced by Goldman and mixed by Grammy-nominated Tony Maimone (Pere Ubu, Book of Knots) at Studio G, the EP comes after a long fallow period and marks the first Fulton Lights recordings since 2018’s Moonwalking into the […]

Paul Schalda is an artist without artifice. On his debut solo album, Lately, the Texas transplant troubadour channels the human experience with a transparent, poetic purity. With instinctive melodies and a singularly visceral voice, Schalda’s folk-flecked indie soul is at once vulnerable, personal, and hugely relatable. Lately is being released by Skylark Soul Co. on […]

While writing the Leadbetter Band’s latest album, Eric Leadbetter was experiencing something of a rebirth. New songs poured out in a creative surge, band dynamics were exhilarating, and he was savoring being out of the grip of alcohol. Aptly, the hard rockin’ trio’s new album is titled Spell, as in “free from your spell,” a […]

Bobby Halvorson is a Sacramento-based singer, songwriter, and composer whose music blends orchestral sophistication with intimate, California-born songwriting. After more than a decade immersed in the Los Angeles art rock scene with his band Brother, Sister, Halvorson brings his deep musical roots and formal training—a doctorate in music composition, to his solo work. His expansive […]

Bob Dylan said in 1966, “Obviously, death is not very universally accepted. I mean, you’d think that the traditional music people could gather from their songs that mystery is a fact, a traditional fact.” These words perfectly encapsulate Mike Tod’s musical approach, one unafraid to venture into the darkest places, or as he himself describes, […]

Melbourne-based songwriter Brendan Welch has been writing and recording original music for close to two decades. His debut EP The Unbeat (2005) received national radio play and led to a tour with Paul Kelly. His first single “Burn Away” was featured in the classic Australian TV series Love My Way. His 2007 EP That Ghost […]

Erik Huey’s 2nd solo album, Fort Defiance (due out February 13th, 2026 via APPALACHIAN A.F – PRE-ORDER), was produced by “The Godfather of Americana” Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, the legendary Rock ‘n’ Roll guitarist (Joan Jett, Del-Lords, Steve Earle & The Dukes) and producer (Bottle Rockets, Jimbo Mathus, Yayhoos, Sarah Borges). It features guest vocal appearances […]

Founded and fronted by Price Harrison, Sour Ops inhabit the thrilling space where proto-punk, glam, and power pop converge—recalling the swagger of T. Rex, the melodic edge of Big Star, and the bite of The Kinks. The band’s guitar-based minimalism and sharp, cynical wit have made them a distinctive voice in the Nashville rock underground. […]

What makes a rock ‘n’ roll band? Its essence does not lie on a shelf. You can look at any object you want, a stack of records or framed show posters, but they are mere symbols. Ask a true fan why they love their favorite band, and it’s a matter of moments. Seeing a great […]

Whether it be from the sky, the sea, or a bicycle spoke, selena feliciano hears music coming from every direction. Local to the San Francisco Bay Area, she draws inspiration from a processing of the dualities of 21st century living–the good and bad, the built and the natural, the present and future. The result is […]

Jonathon Penn always carried two versions of himself: the songwriter who self-produced two EPs and an LP in college, and the professional who built a career in finance. For nearly two decades, the music was buried — a private dream, a half-remembered version of himself. Then came the breaking point: the loss of his father, […]

Tommy Talton is one of the best singer-songwriters and guitarists of our time. He is a founding member of Macon, Georgia’s Capricorn Records group Cowboy, a/k/a Cowboy Boyer & Talton, an iconic band with a cult-like following, formed in 1970, along with songwriting partner Scott Boyer.  The band recorded four albums on Capricorn Records and […]

Hurry Up is the debut full-length album from the crew of A-list New Orleans-based veteran sidemen known as Captain Buckles. It was recorded at the famed Dockside Studio (Dr. John, B.B. King) in Maurice, Louisiana by the renowned engineer, Justin Tocket, and produced by the band. Hurry Up is being released on cassette, digital download, and […]

The Krickets are a trio from the Gulf Coast whose music is genre-bending Americana steeped in their signature folk harmony. Fresh out of the studio with Single Lock Records’ Austin Motlow, they just completed their third full-length studio album If You Only Knew, due for release in November 2025. While all have solo projects, the […]

A native of upstate New York, John Brodeur began his recording career with 2000’s Tiger Pop, and prior to Bird Streets, he released two more solo albums, in addition to EPs with The Suggestions and Maggie Mayday. He has toured with Juliana Hatfield, They Might Be Giants, Alana Davis, Pernice Brothers, Fountains of Wayne and […]

In the burgeoning late 1970s punk scene in New York, there were dozens of bands, maybe even a hundred, as the decade moved towards its close. Some music magazines helped spread the word, though not always those most allied with mainstream music, and the British flavor of punk had not yet really arrived or been […]

Jon Tyler Wiley is a seasoned touring/session musician who has performed with a diverse range of acts such as Sister Hazel, Stephen Kellogg, and Ron Holloway. As a performing teaching instructor with the MusiCorps program, he has performed on stages such as the Grand Ole Opry, the Kennedy Center, and PBS’s “A Capitol Fourth” with […]

Jacob Dunn is a self-described cosmic-Americana artist based in Southeastern Ohio. Their new upcoming album Kinda Like A Dream opens with “Charades”, a sagacious single which questions our very experience of reality. Electric guitar hits blend into a full and spacious instrumental that gradually layers like a hearty shepherd’s pie, with a single distorted guitar […]

This House is Creaking is not only a terrifically imaginative band name, but it is also an apt description of the band’s current place in their artistic journey. The shoegaze-tinted indie rock duo, consisting of Micah Miller and Ehmed Nauman, has been crafting infectious, fun yet eerie experimental rock that borrows from electro-rock as much […]

Jamband musicians are like theater performers. You had to be there. That’s the magic. But after the 2023 The Very Moon: A Steampunk Musical shows in Philadelphia, Aron Magner wasn’t ready to move on. “We created this world and wrote all these new songs that I wanted to memorialize. I wasn’t ready to just move […]