Monday, August 16 2010
Josh Ritter + Justin Townes Earle + Dawn Landes: 8 August 2010 - New York
Two young forces in Americana songwriting made for a pleasant Sunday night on Governor’s Island in New York Harbor.
Friday, January 27 2012
The Weather Station: All of It Was Mine
Canadian singer-songwriter makes genuine folk record, and it's good!
Wednesday, January 11 2012
Yael Meyer: Everything Will Be Alright
Meyer’s just an average person. That’s her greatest strength and her greatest weakness as a performing artist.
Monday, December 12 2011
Benjamin Francis Leftwich: Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm
Featuring soulless nonsense where there should be songs, Benjamin Francis Leftwich's debut has grown no more impressive in the time since its U.K. release.
Thursday, November 10 2011
Ólöf Arnalds: Ólöf Sings EP
The Icelandic singer-songwriter serves up a fine quintet of English-language songs; highlights include covers of Springsteen, Dylan, and Johnny Cash.
Wednesday, November 9 2011
The Olivia Tremor Control Reissues ‘Dusk at Cubist Castle’ and ‘Black Foliage’
Overall, there is much to admire and frown upon in equal measure when it comes to Dusk at Cubist Castle and, more especially, Black Foliage.
Marc Carroll: In Silence
A couple of tracks stand out on their own, but In Silence, as a whole, is an awkward hodgepodge of Irish folk music and sappy piano ballads.
Tuesday, November 8 2011
Luke Roberts: Big Bells and Dime Songs
Luke Roberts, from Brooklyn by way of Nashville, makes quiet, plaintive music that speaks to a tried and tested American folk tradition.
Monday, November 7 2011
Catie Curtis: Stretch Limousine on Fire
Here's another genial, generic album of singer-songwriter stuff that wouldn't sound out of place on your local public radio station.
Friday, November 4 2011
John Wesley Harding: The Sound of His Own Voice
Bob Dylan and Joan Baez's self-proclaimed bastard son looks back in whimsy.
