Molly Sarlé: Karaoke Angel
Whether paradoxes or purgatory, liminal states of existence make people uneasy. Most folks like their status quo binary world of black or white, not black and white or, for heaven’s … Read More
Pieta Brown: Freeway
Good art draws you into its world, fully and intentionally, to the point that, even upon completing your immersive cycle, you don’t yet want to leave. Film and television have … Read More
Kim Richey: Long Way Back
“I started off that record scared to death,” Kim Richey recalls of making Glimmer with producer Hugh Padgham back in 1999 in New York and London. A disastrous haircut, unfamiliar … Read More
Billy Strings: Home
Though music journalists — and dictionaries — generally consider “song” and “tune” to be synonyms, real-deal pickers and players make a distinction: “Songs” have lyrics; “tunes” don’t. In some bluegrass … Read More
Madison Cunningham: Who Are You Now
Though more prevalent with more years to their credit, neither talent nor wisdom can be exclusively tied to age. Sometimes artists come out of the gate fairly fully formed with … Read More
Humbird: Pharmakon
Not everyone likes to be challenged by their music of choice. Some are content to put an album or playlist on and let it run its course as a musical … Read More
Inside the Making and the Movement of the Highwomen
When Newport Folk Festival’s executive director Jay Sweet addressed the fans gathered at the Quad Stage at 5:35 pm on July 26 of this year, he said, “You’re the first … Read More
Jonah Tolchin: Fires for the Cold
Watching talented young musicians get off to a great start then continue to grow into the truest versions of themselves is a wonderful thing. Some emerge fairly fully formed, while … Read More