Music That Takes Me Places
LISA KNAPP & GERRY DIVER, HINTERLAND
Folk
South London native Lisa Knapp is a folk singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known for her expressive fiddle …
Read moreRAPT, UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US
Folk
Jacob Ware’s musical journey begins in the home he grew up in, surrounded by the sounds of Joni Mitchell, Pentangle, and Van…
Read moreSHANE PENDERGAST, WINTER GRACE
Folk
Nestled beside a river on Prince Edward Island, folksinger Shane Pendergast’s home offers a view of an ever-changing landsca…
Read moreBONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN, KEEP ME ON YOUR MIND/SEE YOU FREE
Folk
Bonny Light Horseman's Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free is "an ode to the blessed mess of our humanity." With…
Read moreLAUREL LEWIS, LAUREL LEWIS
Folk
Laurel Lewis sounds well beyond her years on her self-titled album. Growing up in Appalachia, Lewis saw the struggle of thos…
Read moreCAT POWER, SINGS DYLAN: THE 1966 ROYAL ALBERT HALL CONCERT
Singer-Songwriter
Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert finds Chan Marshall reinterpreting one of Bob Dylan’s most famous …
Read moreMILK CARTON KIDS, I ONLY SEE THE MOON
Folk
Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan know how to fill quiet spaces better than most musical artists that I have listed to over t…
Read moreLANKUM, FALSE LANKUM
Irish
With one half of them rooted in traditional Irish folk music and the other in experimentation, introducing elements from dif…
Read moreNANCI GRIFFITH, RIP
Folk
The great Nanci Griffith passed away today at the age of 69. She was and will always be one of the great folk singer-songwri…
Read moreThe Haar, The Haar: Irish Traditional Songs
Irish
The story goes that Irish folk and traditional percussionist Cormac Byrne and fiddler Adam Summerhayes were on holiday in In…
Read moreTré Burt, Caught It From The Rye
Singer-Songwriter
Listening to Caught It From The Rye, is like stepping back in time to the late sixties and early seventies when folk greats …
Read moreFIONN REGAN, CALA
Irish
On Cala, Irish singer-songwriter Fionn Regan pares things back to something intimate and steady. The fingerpicked guitar wor…
Read moreTODD SNIDER, CASH CABIN SESSIONS, VOL. 3
Folk
Todd Snider recorded Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 at Johnny Cash’s old Tennessee cabin, and you can feel that history in ever…
Read moreJOHN PRINE, TREE OF FORGIVENESS
Folk
John Prine survived two battles with cancer, each one leaving its mark on his voice. What was once smooth and easy now carri…
Read moreBARNA HOWARD, QUITE A FEELIN'
Folk
The songs on Barna Howard’s second album, Quite A Feelin’, ruminate on his relationship with home. Now entrenched in Portlan…
Read moreANDREW BIRD, BREAK IT YOURSELF
Folk
I have been an admirer and fan of Andrew Bird for years. With each new release, Bird, a mult-instrumentalist who is classica…
Read moreSounding Out: Laura Gibson
Sounding Out
"I read this quote by a poet that said ‘all poetry is a love act.’ I really think that so much of what I do really come…
Read moreFIRST AID KIT, THE LION'S ROAR
Swedish Pop Rock
The Lion's Roar, the sophomore release by sisters Johanna & Klara Söderberg, was the first album to really grab me t…
Read moreSounding Out: Dinner Belles
Sounding Out
A few years back, a group of musicians were brought together by a mutual friend to play music and hopefully form a new band.…
Read moreSounding Out: Dolorean
Sounding Out
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