Why the Aftermath Folk Song Survived: Foxy Leopard’s Children of the War Starts Where Battles End
Resonator Guitar, Harmonica and a Children’s Choir Tell What Happens After the Armies Go Home Children of the War sets a weathered lead vocal...
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Why a Lockdown Co-Write Between Neighbours Survived as Home to You by Michelle Murrell
A Central Coast Country Ballad Carried by Acoustic Guitar, Cajón and Bill Chambers’ Hammond An acoustic guitar sets an easy pace on Home to...
Where The Ballad of Rigger Morris Came From: Alberta’s Oil Patch in a Cowpunk Song
An Edmonton Cowpunk Trio Tells a Roughneck’s Short Life in Four Verses and a Chorus The Ballad of Rigger Morris starts with a lone...
Where Drowning Amanda Lynne Came From: The River Line Inside Prison Wine’s The Bottom Howls
An Orlando Southern Rock Quartet Took Its Album Title From a Song About a River The title of Drowning Amanda Lynne comes from its...
Where Something About the Sun Came From, and Why Noel Herrity Writes Characters
A Dublin Songwriter Whose Lyrics Come First and Whose Subjects Are Real People The recording is titled Something about the Sun, and the description...
Ian Roland Traced Craving Back to A Childhood Park in Bromley
The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, A Five Piece Band and A Brighton Studio Ian Roland released Craving on 28 February 2025. He recorded it at...
Matt Warren Recorded It All Made Sense in Three Weeks at Home
Two Guitars, A Kick Drum, A Tambourine and A Voice Kept Low Matt Warren released it all made sense on 20 September 2023. He...
Sabina Chantouria Sent Echoes to Ventura and Let American Session Players Carry It
A Swedish Georgian Songwriter, a Los Angeles Rhythm Section, and One Slide Guitar Echoes opens on an acoustic guitar and a voice, which is...
Turnpike Troubadours Covered Robert Earl Keen With Sierra Hull
Turnpike Troubadours performing in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2023. The Turnpike Troubadours spent June covering a Robert Earl Keen song with a bluegrass musician and...
Jason Isbell Made an Album Alone With a 1940 Martin in Five Days
Jason Isbell performing at the Cambridge Folk Festival. Five days at Electric Lady Studios, one 1940 Martin, and nobody else in the room. Jason...
Why the Glockenspiel Survived: Bed by Stacy Henle and the Craft of a Quiet Folk Single 
Maybe Magic by Ryan Sweezey and a Decade of Unfinished Songs: The Long Version 
Where Deep Blue Sea Came From: Kadi Beth and a Mayday Call Over Dark Water 
Backyard Getaway by Emily Fraser, a Pop-Country Escape: The Long Version