Emily Dongray

Team Love “Team Love” (Independent, 2020)

October 20, 2020 Emily Dongray 0

Team Love describes themselves as “Victorian Americana” which, as Steampunk as that sounds, in fact, means they hail from Victoria, Australia: Team Love are Ruby, Ruby, Monique and Shaun from Melbourne. These four string players, without […]

The Ghost of Joseph Buck “Until it Ends” (Independent, 2020)

October 13, 2020 Emily Dongray 0

The Ghost of Joseph Buck is a new band of well-seasoned musicians. They are an off-beat five-piece based in Colorado that includes a classically trained trumpeter, a double-bass player from Austin, a drummer who doubles as […]

Ferris & Sylvester “I Should be on a Train” (LAB Records, 2020)

October 6, 2020 Emily Dongray 0

Ferris & Sylvester have managed to be around on the folk scene around for years while not having a single album to their name. With twelveish singles and now two EPs, appetite for their particular brand […]

Oh Susanna “Sleepy Little Sailor Deluxe Edition” (MVKA, 2020)

September 11, 2020 Emily Dongray 0

Oh Susanna is what happens when Vancouver foments a Massachusettes girl. Discovered in a bar in 1999 and flung into a steady drip of albums since then, Oh Susanna has turned back to her second album […]

Bill Kirchen “The Proper Years” (The Last Music Co, 2020)

July 21, 2020 Emily Dongray 0

Before hearing this double album I was unaware of the existence of the rockabilly hall of fame, so these 25 tracks have been not only a pleasure but an education. Bill Kirchen began in the ’70s […]