Whether you like rap, rock, classical or country, you’ll find your favorite music at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, MA.
Posted in Country, Country Folk on Sep 3rd, 2010
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“Wright, once regarded as a singer and performer, has become a songwriter of consequence here. Lifted Off the Ground is easily the most harrowing and lovely recording in Wright’s catalog. Crowell’s ability to guide songs rather than helm them aided her in accomplishing the most difficult task an artist can encounter: complete reinvention. [...]
Posted in Contemporary Folk, Folk, Indie, Vocal Pop on Aug 31st, 2010
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“Equal parts doo wop, vocal jazz, and Norman Rockwell-era Americana, Love to Live is a product of another time, an album that wouldn’t seem out of place on the phonograph of some postwar American living room.”–All Music Guide
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“On “Minor Love,’’ Green’s sixth solo record, he proves adept as ever traversing through the American popular songbook and filtering his findings through a hazy stoner’s smog of absurdity.” –Boston Globe
Posted in Celtic, Folk, World Music on Jun 2nd, 2010
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“The Chieftains’ Paddy Moloney has been obsessed with the historical account of the San Patricios, a band of immigrant Irish soldiers who deserted the American Army during the Mexican-American War in 1846 to fight for the other side, against the Manifest Destiny ideology of James Polk’s America. San Patricio, more than merely satisfying [...]
Posted in Contemporary Folk, Country, Country Folk on May 28th, 2010
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“It was always clear that she was a folk-influenced singer/songwriter who found a way to coexist with Nashville rather than an artist whose first goal was landing singles on country radio. Now that Carpenter has left the major labels, she seems more than willing to let the country side of her musical personality [...]
Posted in Country Folk, Folk on May 20th, 2010
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“The New Lost City Ramblers were instrumental in bridging the gap between the young urban folk musicians of the early ’60s, who embraced the form and feel of old-time American music, and the last of the great rural singers and players who had actually grown up with the music in its original incarnation. [...]
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“You really can’t go wrong with a single song here, making it a great sampler for both newbies and pint-swinging hobbyists.” –All Music Guide
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“Folk singer-songwriter Caroline Herring’s keening alto and hummingbird vibrato will grab you hard on her blisteringly beautiful new album, Golden Apples of the Sun…Herring proves again she is a performer of remarkable skill who deserves a spot among contemporary folk’s brightest lights.” –Pop Matters
Posted in Celtic, World Music on Apr 28th, 2010
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“The quartet (plus guests) wheel freely through it all…they’ve developed into a superb, tight unit, but one which so obviously enjoys the music. They do what they do, and they do it very well.” –All Music Guide
Posted in Folk on Apr 28th, 2010
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“A singer/songwriter famed for his rich, expressive baritone, New Jersey native John Gorka was one of the leading lights of the new folk movement.”–All Music Guide
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“Crows opts for a mostly stripped-down acoustic sound that provides the perfect setting for Moorer’s marvelous, R&B-inflected voice. With the compositions…alternating in tone between hopeful and foreboding, Moorer explores themes of regret, loss and new beginnings with a deft hand and some of the best singing of her career.”–Billboard
Posted in Folk on Apr 6th, 2010
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“Besides turning out impeccable vocal, guitar and banjo performances, he infuses each song with a timeless minimalism undoubtedly developed through years of propping up others.”–NOW Magazine
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“Strong folk leanings, with a sweet country shuffle, delivered with some of the best lyrics of the year, they all make for one brilliant combination. This is an album for anyone who’s gone through a break-up and was on the receiving end. Deer Tick delivers that hope you need and do so with [...]
Posted in Folk on Apr 2nd, 2010
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“Taking live recordings of the group at various concerts in the ’80s and ’90s, Yarrow and Stookey added symphonic arrangements done by longtime friend and collaborator Robert DeCormier, and recorded with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra in Prague shortly after Travers’ death…The Prague Sessions feels like a stately goodbye, made memorable because that [...]
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“Much like a riveting movie keeps you in your seat, you’ll want to pay close attention to Joanna Newsom’s astonishing new album for fear of missing too much of the plot.”–Boston Globe
Posted in Celtic, Folk, Performed at the Crane, World Music on Mar 22nd, 2010
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“Among Friends is a collection of music in the Cape Breton tradition; sets of tunes from Scotland, Ireland and Cape Breton arranged nicely for the fiddle, pipes, piano and guitar. All three are good players and their playing has some reminiscences of older dance hall sounds with dust in the air and sweat [...]
Posted in Contemporary Folk, Rock/Pop on Feb 23rd, 2010
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“Alpers recruits a full backing band, as well as the Royal New Zealand Air Force Brass Band, to broaden the horizons of her electro-folk-pop. The results are much livelier and more dynamic than anything she’s done before.”–All Music Guide
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“As the album title suggests, the scale is intimate–confessions and metaphysical ruminations, delivered in a weathered rumble, punctuated by the sound of harmonica and fingers scraping on fretboards.”–Rolling Stone
Posted in Contemporary Folk, Folk on Dec 18th, 2009
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“Her welterweight voice is strong and fetching, and with help from Joss Stone’s producers and top-shelf players, she nails some vintage sounds.”–Rolling Stone
Posted in Contemporary Folk, Folk, Folk Rock, Rock/Pop on Dec 18th, 2009
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“Give Up the Ghost is evidence that not only is she one of the best singers in modern folk-rock music, but that she can write a potent set of songs every time out.”–PopMatters