February 2018 – Page 6

Steve Lowis “Chapters” (Independent, 2017)

February 22, 2018 Rick Bayles 0

Albums capture your imagination in different ways. Some grab you by the throat and demand that you listen, some come with a reputation to live up to, some come with expectation and curiosity; every so often […]

Reg Meuross “Faraway People” (Hatsongs, 2017)

February 22, 2018 David Cowling 1

What’s the function of Folk music these days – does it have any place at all? If its function was to hold a mirror up to society, then Meuross would have a place in this world. […]

Great Lake Swimmers share two new songs – Listen

February 22, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

2018 marks the 15th anniversary of the indie-folk/rock band Great Lake Swimmers led by singer-songwriter Tony Dekker who decided for the band’s next record to challenge himself by writing new music without any acoustic guitar which has always been […]

Video: Courtney Marie Andrews “Kindness Of Strangers”

February 22, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

From rising star Courtney Marie Andrews new album May The Kindness Remain, out on March 23rd, comes this heartbreaking and poignant song. Wonderful.

The Dead South “Illusion & Doubt” (DevilDuck, 2018)

February 21, 2018 Mark Johnson 0

Canada is a major home of Americana, but not perhaps where you would look to find bluegrass. The Dead South are firmly established as a self described folk-bluegrass outfit, and are finally bringing their second album […]