PREMIERES

Rainstorm Brother is the elemental post-rock-inflected freak-folk of John Isaac Watters and Tyler Chester. The new duo’s sound is the perfect marriage of solo artist (and former architect) Watters’ pensive, spare acoustic numbers and producer/keyboardist Chester’s deep, dreamy soundscapes. Together, they build impressive structures from immaterial forms—emotions, memories, sadness. The Los Angeles-based musicians are accompanied […]

Toronto singer/songwriter Barzin has released four full-length studio albums. His past work has won acclaim from NPR Music “Song of The Day” and Notes To An Absent Lover was selected by Mojo Magazine as their “Americana Album of The Month” and To Live Alone In That Long Summer was featured on Rollingstone.com and had its premiere stream on the NY Times website. Barzin was also a finalist […]

Philadelphia natives The End of America (TEOA) caught the attention of the industry and fans alike with their debut release Steep Bay (2010), following up with the sophomore LP Shakey (2012) and the critically acclaimed eponymous S/T album in 2016.James Downes, Trevor Leonard and Brendon Thomas’ sound is centered on their voices, weaving three distinct […]

Nathan Quick is a multi-Houston Press Music Award-winning singer-songwriter who delivers a raspy growl atop lush rock rhythms and swaggering lead guitar. His sound draws from an eclectic pool of genres including classic rock and roll, southern rock, blues, and country, as displayed throughout his vibrant discography. Since releasing his debut EP The Mile in […]

Mindi Abair and the Boneshakers live, eat and breathe music as a collective — it’s their oxygen. Add to that a balanced mix of diverse musical backgrounds, big personalities and the bond of mutual respect coupled with friendship, and what transpires in the recording studio is sonic magic. It’s that kind of chemistry that the […]

The Dirty Diamond is comprised of some of the finest and most sought-after musicians in Los Angeles. Guitarist Fernando Perdomo is a producer and session multi-instrumentalist who has toured and recorded with Jakob Dylan, Fiona Apple, Todd Rundgren, and to name a few. Drummer Shay Godwin tours the world with the amazing Andra Day. Bassist Derek Frank currently tours […]

Tony Harrah’s Facebook bio simply reads: “Honest family man and lover of bourbon and scotch.” It might sound silly if it weren’t so damn true. The West Virginia-based thirty-eight year old, bearded, single father of three wrestles all that’s best about Americana music past and present into something entirely engaging: a winsome effort that feels […]

Equally inspired by the Americana community of her Nashville home and the boardwalk culture of her native New Jersey, Lucy Isabel introduces herself as a road-ready songwriter with her debut album, Rambling Stranger (out June 14th). Like the title suggests, Rambling Stranger finds Isabel on the move, taking stock of her world as it unfolds outside […]

Freekbass, hailed by the legendary Bootsy Collins as “the new spiritual warrior for the funk,” is ready to serve up his new album All The Way This. All The Way That. on the exciting new Color Red imprint on May 31st. The highly anticipated album embodies the past, present, and future of funk music from […]

Mary Lee Kortes is a musician and author based in Brooklyn, New York. She has released five albums of original material to wide critical acclaim, each of which landed on the Billboard critics’ top ten list in the year of its debut. Rolling Stone described her voice as “the high-mountain sunshine of Dolly Parton, with […]

The upcoming new album by Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter Ryan Traster (July 19th, Slow Start Records) features that warm, worn-in vibe of an album that’s been in your cool parents record collection since you were a kid. Eventually, it gets passed down to you to take along into “the real world” and is there when you need […]

Eva Gardner bassist for P!NK/Tegan & Sara and daughter of Kim Gardner from the Creation is gearing up to release her debut EP, Chasing Ghosts, which is set to drop on June 14th. Eva wrote Chasing Ghosts in hotel rooms all over the world while on tour as a bassist for various artists. Songwriting is a cathartic experience […]

Singer-Songwriter and recent Louisville transplant Rebecca Rego along with her band the Trainmen, are gearing up to release their third full-length LP Speaking Of Witches on May 31st. This ambitious new release featuring a creative full circle for the band was recorded at Justin Vernon’s (Bon Iver) Grammy Award-winning April Base Studios in Eau Claire, […]

Matt Harlan crafts sociopolitical narratives with an artist’s eye and a poet’s elegance. Evidence: Best Beasts. The seamless new collection due out July 12 on Austin-based Eight 30 Records spotlights a rapidly rising songwriter growing exponentially with each track. Political unrest maps the landscape. Harlan frequently delivers keen insight with an everyman’s grace, and his vivid […]

The Dreamboats are bringing back good ol’ rock n’ roll! With a sound that is equal parts Chuck Berry and The Wonders, this quartet of handsome Canadian boys delivers a high energy show that has audiences dancing the night away! After international tours in both Europe and California, the young and energetic Dreamboats are ready […]

Grant Farm is a brotherhood with a song to sing and a story to tell. The upcoming double-vinyl release, Broke In Two (June 14, 2019), delves deep into the human relationship with the mystic, furthering the storylines and characters introduced on Kiss The Ground (2016). Broke In Two is an evolution of this concept, developing Archetypal characters such as The Innocent […]

If Wichita, Will Bennett & The Tells’ rollicking 2016 debut, was the sound of a singer-songwriter moving away from his hometown of Grinnell, IA, and starting a band, the group’s follow-up, All Your Favorite Songs (out July 26th) marks the confident sound of Bennett coming home. Written in the wake of an unexpected visit home after […]

At the crossroads of the cosmic stylings of The Grateful Dead and the vulnerable sonic truths of Todd Snider lies Ben Davis Jr., a genre-defying songwriter with a psychedelic-alt. country four-piece brewed in the creative pressure cooker of Appalachian Ohio. Before the Revelry, there was Ben Davis Jr. performing solo all over the Mid-Ohio Valley. […]

Andrew Carroll is an award winning jazz pianist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and producer. He began piano studies at the age of four and discovered jazz piano when he was nine years old under the tutelage of Rick Montalbano. With more than two decades of professional experience, Andrew has spent years listening to his musical heroes […]

On Friday, May 10th, Americana songwriting legend Jon Langford (Mekons, Waco Brothers) and veteran journalist and playwright Mark Guarino are debuted the world premiere of their new musical Take Me, which opened at Strawdog Theater in Chicago. Inspired by true events, Take Me is the story of Shelly, a woman trapped by the trauma of […]