Harold Hogan

Daniel Norgren “Wooh Dang” (Superpuma Records, 2019)

July 8, 2019 Harold Hogan 0

The opening to ‘Wooh Dang‘, Swedish musician Daniel Norgren’s eighth record, drifts dreamily into focus. With a mixture of birds and ambient nature sounds, as well as strange sci-fi noises, it sounds like a BBC sound […]

AmericanA to Z – David Rawlings

June 18, 2019 Harold Hogan 0

David Rawlings is best known for his work with Gillian Welch, with whom he creates achingly beautiful and melancholy music. The couple were part of the Bluegrass Class of 2000 who suddenly found that they had […]

Derek Senn “How Could A Man” (Independent, 2019)

June 11, 2019 Harold Hogan 0

California local Derek Senn took a weird and winding way into music, having a few early brushes with the guitar but not really picking it up seriously until his thirties. Armed with a sudden desire to […]

A Starving Viking “Semblance” (Resonating Wood Recordings 2019)

May 31, 2019 Harold Hogan 0

A Starving Viking is the stage name of singer-songwriter Matt Jarrett. A New York state native, he has spent a career in New York City working as a filmmaker and editor. A late-comer to folk music, […]

Shovels & Rope “By Blood” (Dualtone Music, 2019)

May 7, 2019 Harold Hogan 0

‘I won’t fail you when I walk out on the wire,’ sing South Carolina natives Carry Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, AKA Shovels & Rope, and it’s not just talk; they really walk the walk. The […]