CHRIS BARRON TAKES SOLO SPIN WITH ‘ANGELS AND ONE-ARMED JUGGLERS’
Spin Doctors frontman Chris Barron intended his new solo album, “Angels and One-Armed Jugglers” — out Friday, Oct. 20 — to be a relatively stripped-down affair, maybe vocals and acoustic guitar and no...
Readmore
AS AMERICAN BUFFALO GHOST, SEAN FLYNN FOLLOWS NEW PATH
When Sean Flynn decided to follow a new musical direction, leaving behind the post-hardcore and punk of bands like Those Clever Foxes and Old Charades in favor of Americana, he wasn't about to half as...
Readmore
J. ALAN SCHNEIDER PREMIERES ‘THE STATE LINE’
For indie-folk musician J. Alan Schneider, the universal struggle for control has served as both a cause of anxiety and, on his upcoming EP, "On Precipice," an inspiration. The songs on the EP, which ...
Readmore
THE WAR ON DRUGS BRINGS ‘A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING’ TO NEW YORK CITY
Photos by Angelo Santoro NEW YORK, NY — Sandwiched between a show in which the band debuted songs from its brilliant new album, “A Deeper Understanding,” and a highly anticipated, sold-out appearan...
Readmore
COAL MINOR CANARY: DAVID HAGE GOES BEYOND ACOUSTIC FOLK GENRE ON DEBUT EP
It sounds like an apocryphal legend, but it’s true. In the heyday of the coal mining industry, workers would bring caged canaries into the mines. More sensitive to poisonous gases than humans, the bir...
Readmore
TONY HALCHAK TRACES HIS NEPA ROOTS ON ‘HARVEST SONGS’
When Tony Halchak began putting together his new EP, “Harvest Songs,” he had a theme in mind: a family displaced from its longtime hometown, maybe living in the Rust Belt, maybe a casualty of of the f...
Readmore
PHILADELPHIA FOLK FESTIVAL: ‘IT COULD BE 1975’
Philadelphia Folk Fest weekend is upon us, as thousands of fans have descended on the bucolic Upper Salford grounds outside the city for the venerable event’s 56th edition. As usual, this year’s Fe...
Readmore
KING JAMES & THE SPECIAL MEN BRING THEIR NEW ORLEANS VIBE TO DEBUT ALBUM
For most bands, recording a debut album is a bit of a rookie exercise. A group of musicians still finding their sound, feeling out their chemistry together, learning what works and what doesn’t. But w...
Readmore
KIM RANCOURT TALKS SOLO DEBUT, LOU REED ARCHIVE AND NEW YORK ALBUMS
Coming of age in Michigan in the early ’70s as Iggy and the Stooges pumped out the primal soundtrack, relocating to New York City in time to take in that city’s own brand of weirdness, and eventually ...
Readmore
IF YOU GO TO SEE VANESSA COLLIER, ‘BE PREPARED TO FEEL SOMETHING’
For Vanessa Collier, a live show is more than a set delivered by a performer to an audience. No, for the Maryland-based singer and saxophone player, it’s much more intimate and interactive than that. ...
Readmore