The Chieftains: Voice of Ages
Posted in Celtic, World Music on Apr 9th, 2012
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Category Archive for 'Folk'
First Aid Kit: The Lion’s Roar
Posted in Alt Rock, Folk, Indie, World Music on Mar 29th, 2012
“The Lion’s Roar is a mesmerizing listen that — alongside recent releases from the likes of the Tallest Man on Earth and Anna Ternheim — suggests the Swedish folk scene is currently hitting something of a purple patch.”–All Music Guide Check Our Catalog
2012 Grammy Nominees
Posted in Alt Rock, Contemporary Country, Country, Dance & DJ, Folk, Indie, Rock/Pop, Soul on Mar 12th, 2012
“Highlights include British vocal powerhouse Adele (“Rolling in the Deep”), dubstep newcomer Skrillex (“Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”), bearded hard rockers Foo Fighters (“Walk”), country-pop giants Taylor Swift (“Siren”) and Lady Antebellum (“Just a Kiss”), indie folk hitmakers Bon Iver (“Holocene”) and Mumford & Sons (“The Cave”), and stadium rock veterans Coldplay (“Paradise”).” –All Music [...]
Eilen Jewell: Queen of the Minor Key
Posted in Country Folk, Roots Rock on Mar 8th, 2012
“In an era when bluster and overkill are the order of the day in both country and blues, Queen of the Minor Key is a reminder that this music at its best speaks to the wayward impulses of the human heart, and Eilen Jewell embodies that quiet, insistent voice as well as anyone making music [...]
Gillian Welch: The Harrow & The Harvest
Posted in Folk on Feb 16th, 2012
“The music is steeped in the early country, bluegrass, and Appalachian mountain traditions that are her trademark –though it engages rock and roll and blues motifs albeit acoustically–while the melodies and lyrics reflect the darkness and melancholy of Gothic Americana. The Harrow & the Harvest is stunning for its intimacy, its lack of studio artifice, [...]
“Brad (vocals, guitar) and Andrew (drums) Barr team with Sarah Page (hammer dulcimer, harp) and Andres Vial(pump organ, vibraphone) as the Barr Brothers on this self-titled folk-pop effort, which is both a little rustic in its under-produced sound and also has the quality of chamber music.” –All Music Guide Check Our Catalog
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“Tell Me manages to maintain the beautifully busted feel of Mayfield’s breakout record, but also succeeds in a new and ambitious sonic landscape. There are different ways, it turns out, to create this kind of crushing space, and this one has more variations and more surprises waiting to creep out of it…Mayfield is a convincing [...]
“Early in the Morning is Irish singer/songwrtiter James Vincent McMorrow’s debut. He cut it himself over five months in a cottage by the sea. McMorrow claims his influences as Joni Mitchell, Band of Horses, and Sufjan Stevens, but one need listen no further than “If I Had a Boat” — the set’s opener and first [...]
Abigail Washburn: City of Refuge
Posted in Alt Rock, Bluegrass, Folk, Indie, Rock/Pop on Sep 12th, 2011
““City of Refuge’’ couches Washburn’s virtuosity — both as a singer and picker — in a contemporary context that’s equal parts indie folk, atmospheric twang, and rootsy pop… Washburn ended up making a modern classic, a folk album for people who claim they don’t like a such thing.” –The Boston Globe Check Our Catalog
“Behold the Spirit is an otherworldly recording. Certainly it is rooted in folk music, but it cannot be contained by it. It enters the culture from so many directions — both inside and outside the usual dialogues — it is by its nature something quite other, that is at once strange and almost unspeakably beautiful.” [...]
The Mamas & The Papas: Icon
Posted in Classic Rock, Folk, Rock/Pop on Aug 24th, 2011
“Icon is an 11-track collection that features several greatest hits of the Mamas & the Papas: “California Dreamin,” “Monday, Monday,” “I Saw Her Again,” and “Dream a Little Dream of Me.”” –All Music Guide Check Our Catalog
“The most successful folk-rock duo of the 1960s, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel crafted a series of memorable hit albums and singles featuring their choirboy harmonies, ringing acoustic and electric guitars, and Simon’s acute, finely wrought songwriting.” –All Music Guide Check Our Catalog
Lucinda Williams: Blessed
Posted in Alt-Country, Country, Country Folk on Aug 24th, 2011
“Williams lets the songs burn slowly and sensually until there’s nothing left but smoke and ash.” –Chicago Tribune Check Our Catalog
The Low Anthem: Smart Flesh
Posted in Alt Rock, Alt-Country, Country Folk, Folk Rock on May 27th, 2011
“High-lonesome folk, bare-boned Americana, and old-timey harmony numbers are the name of the game, and although the band’s use of vintage instruments makes for some fun Wikipedia sleuthing (what are “crotales,” anyway?), the spotlight remains on the songs themselves.” –All Music Guide Check Our Catalog
“There was a time when Dylan’s voice still had a stunning, pre-burnout clarity, and that’s the case on this inspired performance at the Brandeis Folk Festival on May 10, 1963. This is a true discovery, plucked from a concert tape recently found in the archives of Rolling Stone cofounder Ralph Gleason.” –The Boston Globe Check [...]
Crystal Bowersox: Farmer’s Daughter
Posted in Country Folk, Rock/Pop on May 27th, 2011
“Bowersox expertly works the territory between folk and country.” –Chicago Tribune Check Our Catalog
In Volume II of his seminal work on the O’Farrell collections, master uilleann piper Jerry O’Sullivan is joined by baroque cellist Audrey Sabattier Cienniwa and harpsichordist Paul Cienniwa to reveal the symbiotic affinity between the Irish pipes and 18th-century baroque music. Check Our Catalog
Born of Another Time: Songs of the Sailors, Songs of the Sea
Posted in Folk, Performed at the Crane on May 17th, 2011
Songs of the sea performed by Tom Goux and Jacek Sulanowski. Goux also performs with The Rum Soaked Crooks. Check Our Catalog
Lovely Ernestina: Songs of the Sea
Posted in Folk, Performed at the Crane on May 17th, 2011
Rousing renditions of sea chanteys and other traditional sailors’ songs celebrating the rich maritime heritage of New England, sung by the New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus with The Rum Soaked Crooks. Check Our Catalog