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, 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. [...]
Posted in Alt-Country, Country, Country Folk, Folk on Oct 2nd, 2009
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“Bingham isn’t an innovator, he’s a reanimator, and on Roadhouse Sun the 28-year-old breathes new life into alt-country clichés through the power of his weathered croon and his stiff-jangle arrangements.”–Entertainment Weekly
Posted in Country Folk, Folk on Oct 2nd, 2009
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“Carson is the latest protégée of legendary songwriter (”Wild Thing”) and producer Chip Taylor. After a lifetime of writing rock and pop songs, Taylor reinvented himself as a folk/Americana performer a few years back and worked for several years as a duo with Carrie Rodriguez, who recently went solo. Taylor and Carson don’t [...]