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Photo:  D.L. Anderson North Carolina’s Mipso are one of the few bands who can balance bluegrass, folk, and Americana sensibilities without sounding contrived or like they are trying to be the next Lumineers. Their songs are as heartfelt as they are intricately arranged in a way that is as forward thinking as it is rooted in […]

Photo credit:  Martin Franco Vielma California’s Moonsville Collective is made up of seven members, all of whom play an equal part in contributing to the band’s rustic, rootsy Americana sound. The band carries the kind of welcoming vibe that makes them an ideal act for catching at a fall festival and dancing to the magic that […]

Today on September 18th, the Nashville-based, genre-bending songwriter Patrick Sweany is releasing a new album Daytime Turned To Nighttime on the Austin-based Nine Mile Records. In conjunction with that acclaimed photographer Nate Burrell and Tim Gebauer sharing exclusive to Glide the video  premiere of “Long Way Down” off Daytime Turned to Nighttime (below), which was filmed at Sweany’s East Nashville […]

Hey Athens, Georgia – please spread the wealth… of bands that is.  The college city holds no shortage of original rock music at the highest quality, but here we go again,add Houston in the Blind to the fold. Fronted by singer/guitarist Charlie Garrett, the band also features keyboardist John Watkins (Dead Confederate, Saint Pé), drummer […]

Is there a band that has maintained more of a consistent output of ass-kicking rock and roll for as many years as the Supersuckers? Possibly, but chances are the Supersuckers could kick their ass in a fight. For going on thirty years the self-proclaimed “Greatest Rock and Roll Band In The World”  has left a […]

Fernando Viciconte, the Portland, Oregon troubadour has twenty years of local and national acclaim under his belt. His voice has caused countless zines (Billboard, Magnet, Paste, The Oregonian, No Depression, etc) and fellow musicians (Peter Buck, Don Dixon, Steve Wynn) to rave about the feeling it evokes when Fernando sings his songs of dark despair […]

Hailing from Providence, Rhode Island and New York City, respectively, Last Good Tooth make pop music, but not in the easiest sense of the word. On their upcoming album, And All Things On The Scales, the group takes a complex approach to what seems on the surface to something far more simple. The band is made […]

Fans of groups like the Infamous Stringdusters and the Punch Brothers will find plenty to enjoy in Frazierband. Led by renowned progressive bluegrass multi-instrumentalist John Frazier (vocals, mandolin, guitars, fiddle), FrazierBand have just recorded their new album showcasing their hybrid, bluegrass sound. John Frazier is a well-respected Nashville-based string player who has played alongside everyone from Hit […]

Photo: David Gilliver Marta Pacek has had an interesting journey. The singer grew up just outside the Australian capital of Canberra but her passion for making music quickly drove her to start a globe-trotting journey that eventually led her to Canada where she had been discovered and taken on by her Toronto-based management. Her alt-country […]

Matisyahu’s long and prodigious career has included touring the world, releasing five studio albums and selling 3.5 million tracks to date, and now on the 10th anniversary of his breakthrough album Live at Stubb’s he is releasing a new album that celebrates the fan favorite original. Live at Stubb’s Vol. III takes a new look […]

Born Kimie (pronounced Kimi-ay) Kauikeolani Miner, this singer-songwriter has developed an eclectic musical style all her own. Her parents, of Hawaiian and Portuguese decent, noticed her unmistakable talent at a very young age. “I fell in love with music as a child and it naturally just became apart of my life. It is my mother, my […]

Quaildogs breathe life into a distinctive brand of alt-country that recalls the genre’s heyday as a potent ’90s niche, while at the same time reveling in classic, freewheeling rock & roll. Having managed to keep together a steady and unfaltering six-piece lineup since their 2011 inception, the band has developed a unique camaraderie and sound […]

As terms like “psych rock” and “chamber folk” increase into the music lexicon, listeners often forget two terms that lay the foundation for rock– “the blues” and “players.” Texas-raised, Nashville-based blues/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Charlie Oxford raised himself listening to guitarists that can really play and by that we mean Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton […]

Few states have been cranking out musical talent like Alabama these days. Jason Isbell, Alabama Shakes, and even Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires may ring a bell, but one group that is sure to have a presence on the national scene in the coming year is The Pollies. Based in Florence just across […]

On his new album Creepers & Vines – which hits on August 28th – Nashville-based musician Steve Lewis brings his trademark gravitas and style to twelve fetching new songs, with psychedelic undertones, gritty guitars and fearsome backbeats. Lyrically replete with apocalyptic and ironic imagery, the record reflects on the relationship between our modern, comfortable society and the potential chaos just […]

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (JFJO) has always been one of the more intriguing acts within the improvisational music scene and beyond. Led by the eclectic pianist and composer Brian Haas, the group has been anything but static as they have rotated through numerous members and sounds over the course of twenty-one years and twenty-seven albums. […]

Being a one-man band is not easy. Touring silo and keeping your sound both original and exciting are just some of the challenges faced by the one-man band. Plenty of these acts have come along over the years only to fizzle out or eventually enlist the help of other musicians to expand into a full […]

Every year we see the same usual suspects on year end “best of” album lists: and then there is another list of most under-looked albums. Chalk up The Light, released last June by Texas’ Uncle Lucius, on that list of criminally underrated. For over a decade, Uncle Lucius has busted its balls building a true to the […]

Singer-songwriter Adam Zwig was on tour supporting his sixth studio album Stones, Bones, and Skin when he felt something happening. Each night there he was experiencing that symbiotic interaction of energy and emotion between the band and its audience. This is the kind of thing musicians and their fans seek to tap into at every show, or […]

Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, The Blackberry Bushes Stringband’s acoustic sound is whimsical and rustic yet entirely modern. The group placed 2nd in Telluride Bluegrass Festival’s band competition (2009) and third in the Rockygrass Band Competition (2011) and has performed for fans at a growing number of notable bluegrass, Americana, and folk festivals. Lead singer, […]