Blog posts are all ready for May May’s posts are all in the can, and there is a decidedly heavy bent towards Folk, Bluegrass and Americana this time out. It was purely an accidental happenstance. Music discovery sometimes takes you in the same direction for awhile. If you believe that you aren’t into those types of music, all I can say is give these tracks a chance. Purchases this last cycle Like most people, I have a limited music purchasing budget. I mean hey, you’ve gotta eat, right? In April, I picked up Snarky Puppy and Vintage Trouble among a couple of other grabs…
Read MoreBy no means new, 2008’s The National Side by Americana aficionados, Romantica, is steeped in home spun goodness. It has a bit of a Spanish flair, with the use of mariachi band like horn section. If you close your eyes and listen, I think you can imagine 1950’s American street scenes. Based out of Minneapolis, MN, Romantica doesn’t seem to be terribly active these days, which is a shame. Lead singer Ben Kyle is an Irish transplant to the US and he brings with him just…
Read MorePolished pop music is a thing of beauty when the providers of the genre are Chordslinger n Lola. Enter 2010’s Who We Are. The duo creates music in a truly now fashion, exchanging files over the Internet to collaborate. Lola de Hanna pretty much takes on the role of the singer while writing and arranging some of the harmonies, and Chordslinger takes on the role of songwriter and instrumentalist. The results are something just short of phenomenal. Check out Chordslinger n’…
Read MoreIf you are ready to rewind a bit to the Motown years but aren’t ready to give up the edginess of today’s music, then Vintage Trouble, based out of Los Angeles, California, may be just the band for you. The vocal of Ty Taylor looms large. He has a great set of pipes absolutely suited for this style of music. Vintage Trouble lays out solid rhythm and blues with a stellar cast of musicians. Band co-founder, guitarist Nalle Colt, moves in perfect…
Read MoreThis is not an original band video, but it captures the overall feel of the song pretty well. As the videographer states in their caption for the video post on YouTube, “..it seemed to suit the song.” Danish group The Choir of Young Believers has made it to pretty heavy rotation on KCRW of late with their new CD Rhine Gold and the single Sedated. It’s a great mournful tune, not unlike Hollow Talk, here. No web site that I could find for…
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