Rob Williams marries gritty Americana with country style leanings and a healthy dose of humour. Best I Can Do is an anti rat-race, pro life-work balance kind of a song, carried along on a no holds barred, good-time, foot stomping rhythm. It comes from his new album Southern FM. Check it out / download it below. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 50 – Rob Williams
The Desert Song is a window into Bird Dog’s folk-kissed, Americana-tinged rock’n’roll. A sound that evokes the lilting harmony-strewn likes of Band of Horses, Lord Huron, and The Band. It is taken from their forthcoming Misty Shrub EP, set for release on 22nd January through National Anthem. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 47 – Bird Dog
On their recently released self-titled EP, The Hardy Band combine the melodic guile of folk romantics, the savage twang of west coast hepcats and the joyous stomp of an Americana tinged barnburner into one fantastic melting pot of bluegrass tinged folk and country. Check out lead track, the harmony laden Falling For You. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 43 – The Hardy Band
Alaskan alt-country-folk singer, songwriter and guitarist Arlo Hannigan has a new EP House And Home in the pipeline and the warm, organic Little Black Box is a more than sweet taste from it. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 19 – Arlo Hannigan
A veteran musician, Lew Card is no stranger to life on the road and in the studio. After playing mandolin in various Austin bands over the last decade Card, who has been writing since age 12, has been steadily creating his own music. On his third release, Follow Me Down, out on the 8th January he branches out into new sonic territory. Stream album opener, the … Continue reading 100 Posts In 100 Hours: 18 – Lew Card
Butchers Blind formed in 2009 in Bellerose, New York, and having released two long players they have a new EP A Place In America out now, which expands on their established Americana roots sound and venture into new sonic territories. Try the melodic, hard driving rhythms of Black And White Dreams below. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 15 – Butchers Blind
Here we go, a new year and no less than nine new songs including welcome returns for Dr. Dog, Richmond Fontaine, The Dandy Warhols, Wintersleep, Steve Mason, and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy amongst others. Dr.Dog – Bring My Baby Back Richmond Fontaine – Wake Up Ray Savages – Adore Wintersleep – Amerika The Dandy Warhols – You Are Killing Me Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Rich Wife … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Yo, swimmers. It’s been a while. Still, it’s a brand new year; time to leave the sadness, disappointments and malaise of 2015 behind. It’s funny, in the course of writing this short paragraph I decided to revisit the music I was listening to when I last wrote TFI. Weird. Music is a peculiar and very personal punctuation mark for life’s events, don’t you think? Last … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (1st January)… Back for a one-off appearance!
In recognition of the season of giving, Blitzen Trapper have shared a song off their debut self-titled release, Christmas Is Coming Soon, as a pay-what-you-wish download. All proceeds will go directly to Mercy Corps, who’s mission is to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression by helping to build secure, productive and just communities in some of the toughest places in the world. Frontman Eric Earley, “This is … Continue reading Festive Fayre (24): Blitzen Trapper
Having proved themselves to be one of our bands of the year in our Best Of lists, it seems entirely appropriate that today’s Festive Fayre offering comes from Quiet Hollers. They have shared their cover of Nightmare River Band’s Christmas tune, First Christmas. All proceeds from the sale and publishing of the song (so please do buy it) will go to St. Jude’s Children’s Research … Continue reading Festive Fayre (23): Quiet Hollers
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