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Emerging from the mountain town of Jackson, Wyoming, Inland Isle is a new indie folk-rock band whose members were bound to find each other in a small – but surprisingly deep – music scene. On their eight-song debut album, Time Has Changed Us, Inland Isle reckons with the aftermath of upheaval in America and its […]

Los Angeles-via-Wichita Americana artist Katie Jo is gearing up to release her debut album, Pawn Shop Queen, this spring. While she’s a relative newcomer to the scene, she makes up for it in life experience. You can hear it in her voice—sweet yet road-weary, a contemporary torchbearer for classic country stars like Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette. […]

Megan Lacy is a songwriter and performer based in Austin, Texas, with a keen eye on the vast horizon.  Her style effortlessly spans the breadth of traditional American music, while remaining softly influenced by her own list of cult genres, giving her a unique but powerful voice in the expansive universe of modern music. Salvation, her […]

Jeff Plankenhorn, singer-songwriter and all things strings multi-instrumentalist—guitar, lap steel, mandolin, piano, upright bass—began his career as a boy soprano in Ohio. After studying music theory and composition at University of Michigan, Texas beckoned when Ray Wylie Hubbard enticed Jeff to join his band. Slide guitar virtuoso, Jeff spent his early career backing the likes […]

Opposing artistic tastes, divergent creative processes and yet a shared obsession with melody define the Virginia-based indie band, Stray Fossa. Brothers, Nick and Will Evans, and childhood friend, Zach Blount, grew up writing music together. Numerous monikers, solo efforts and a six-year hiatus later, in 2018, the three dropped everything, moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, built […]

In the world of jangle rock, there are many source points to revisit from The Feelies, R.E.M. and The dB’s all the way to the present with Real Estate and Cloud Nothings. Yet while certain unmentioned genres have had more than its share of adulation, this timeless snappy guitar oriented pop – we can never […]

Hailing from the heart of railroad country in Opelika, Alabama, cosmic country outfit B.B. Palmer have made a name for themselves over the past several years, honing a sound steeped in the traditions of American country music.  The band’s latest offering, Krishna Country, sees the group approaching their craft with a much more expansive worldview […]

POSTDATA, the solo music project of Wintersleep frontman/songwriter, Paul Murphy, is to return on March 5, 2021, with his third record, Twin Flames (out via Paper Bag Records). His debut LP Hand Drawn Dracula nominated for Nova Scotia Music Award. The project features a rotating collective of supporting musicians working with Murphy on acoustic-oriented songs, Murphy’s brother Michael Murphy, Grant Hutchison and Andy Monaghan of Frightened Rabbit, Tim D’Eon of Wintersleep, and Simone […]

There are certain artists that quite sound unlike anybody else – maybe their voice is so shaken, distinct, and at odds to what many consider radio-friendly, people listen… as if out of curiosity only. But then those voices grow on you.. and they become a path to realization and camaraderie amongst fellow listeners. Take the […]

Tony Petersen might very well have earned the term “ringer” for his daring guitar work and touring accolades amongst the likes of Dashboard Confessional, All-American Rejects, and labelmates Angels & Airwaves. Yet now his talented chops and versatile song-writing chops have allowed him to venture solo as Ditchbird. Today, we are announcing the debut LP […]

New Zealand-born brothers Zech Walters and Eze Walters struck up a friendship with Bowen Purcell after moving to Australia. In search of adventure, the three traveled around the country busking, before eventually settling in Melbourne. Woodlock’s international profile kicked off with headline tours through the Philippines, China, and Canada off the back of the standout […]

Davey Allen is a versatile singer-songwriter, musician, and artist. Allen’s work is deeply rooted in the vast American songbook and though his family migrated north from rural Tennessee in the 1950s his music retains a southern quality and grit. Allen has toured extensively with his band, Davey And The Midnights and as the keyboard player […]

Australian-born and New York-based, singer-songwriter and producer Alyson Murray is a compelling and innovative performer who blends soul, R&B, and jazz. After releasing her debut record Breathe in 2018, Murray toured the record across Melbourne and performed abroad in NYC and Montreal, Canada. Murray began a virtual series entitled #AMsession on YouTube and Instagram in 2019, […]

Grant Hill and his band, M.O.S.’s debut album fly, depicts a journey of a man who didn’t quite know who he was until he got to each place along the way, whether it was the bar, the church, or moments in dark places. He’s got a survivalist attitude, a tough grin, and a lead foot […]

On a short tour of west coast wineries in the summer of 2019, Anya Marina and friend /collaborator/artist/ tour mate Eric Hutchinson were talking about working together again. Eric had witnessed Anya’s entertaining and captivating live show many times on the road and suggested she record a live album in New York City and let […]

Jade Brodie is a Railroading songstress from Winnemucca, Nevada. Brodie’s songs are inspired by the away from home lifestyle of railroad work and the working-class hero. She writes songs with simple poetry and a heavy train beat. Originally from the near coastal towns of Sonoma County, she bounced around until she found a good life […]

Cari Hutson probably never fully envisioned her first “true properly released” album would be an EP, but hey that’s just sometimes the way things happen in the music biz. After all quite a few successful bands have had debut EPs that set the course of their career: Kings of Leon, R.E.M., and Coldplay to name […]

When we enter the post COVID world will the world of cross-armed concert-goes be something of the past? Heck, if you spot anyone not having a good time in 2002, they ought you a beer. Let’s bring the joy back in rock and that’s what Orlando, FL five-piece The 502s hope to achieve: uplifting roots […]

Travis Atria’s writing has been translated into multiple languages and has appeared in Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, The Believer, Wax Poetics, as well as other magazines and newspapers. His first book, Traveling Soul, the definitive biography of R&B legend Curtis Mayfield, written with Mayfield’s son Todd, was recognized with an honorable mention by the Society of Midland Authors (past […]

Jon LaDeau is a guitarist, songwriter, and singer based in Brooklyn, N.Y. Over the past 12 years, he has toured internationally in support of four solo albums, shared festival bills with Jeff Tweedy, Emmylou Harris, Sturgill Simpson, and Commander Cody and has toured nationally as a sideman with Kelli Scarr, April Smith and The Great […]