Wax Vinyl Records Praises Ghost Party’s “Exceptional Musicianship”
Wax Vinyl Records has featured the new single from Ghost Party, writing that “‘Lonesome Breath’ takes listeners on a journey through cosmic country psych, a genre that seamlessly fuses the nostalgic charm of classic country with the mind-expanding explorations of psychedelic rock. Ghost Party draws inspiration from the likes of the Flying Burrito Brothers and the Stones’ Exile on Main Street era, […]
Milly Raccoon Chats With A man A plan A canal
Milly Raccoon is an up-and-coming musician and visual artist, currently based in Nashville, whose new Misa Arriaga-produced album Frankincense & Myrrh is at radio now. Holler Country says she “is one of Americana’s best kept secrets. The fiddle player and singer has been eccentrically reimagining bluegrass, jazz and old timey country as feminist anthems for […]
Jimi Prasad Orchestra Shares “Down & Up” Video
See Jimi Prasad Orchestra’s video for “Down and Up,” from their album Help With Your Heart. According to the band’s label, Raw Tapes, “‘Down & Up (Unending Love)’ is the debut single by Jimi Prasad Orchestra and the introductory tune for this phenomenal project. Dramatic, cinematic and full of imagination. The combination of close & intimate sound with the unusual […]
York Calling Says Milly Raccoon Is “Must-Listen” Material
York Calling says that Milly Raccoon‘s song “Offering To The Fae” is “very ethereal and mystical, having a pagan vibe to it. The instrumentation floats along in the background, as Milly Raccoon uses her vocals perfectly to follow the main musical melody. The violin is particularly stunning, but the entire thing sounds awesome… a must-listen.” See the […]
World Music Central Profiles Keturah
World Music Central recently profiled Malawi’s Keturah, whose new self-titled album is at radio now from Hen House Studios. On the record, the site notes, Keturah updates “traditional Malawian folk with contemporary rhythms from the greater African diaspora. Indeed, the album travels through a dynamic combination of genres, from the lively, upbeat Afro-folk and funk rhythms of ‘Kwanumkwanu’ to […]
New Music From Ghost Party
From Houston, Ghost Party is an indie psych revival group consisting of singer-songwriter/guitarist McCullough Ferguson, who has shared stages with Roky Erickson, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Night Beats as the lead guitarist of Flower Graves (Wallflower Records); drummer Victor Sanchez; and bassist/keyboardist Kendrick Ballard. Ghost Party pays homage to the godfathers of psych rock while advancing the form with a few modern twists and turns. […]
Lonesome Highway Applauds The Eclecticism of Milly Raccoon
“Drawn to classic violin playing as a young girl, Milly Raccoon’s musical adventure since then has been a rollercoaster ride,” notes Lonesome Highway. “From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and currently living in Nashville, her passions over the years have found her engrossed in 90s rock, Irish trad music and zydeco, fronting a Grateful Dead cover band in high school, absorbed in […]
The Ladies Of… Share “Vouch For Me” Vid
See The Ladies Of… in the video for their song “Vouch For Me,” which is on their new record Coming Out Of Our Tenderness and at radio now. The band’s James Hall has a reputation for his frenetic stage presence, and the video incorporates his intense strutting throughout its run-time. See Hall’s antics live when you catch the band on tour: 9/14 – […]
Soul & Jazz & Funk Waterfalls With Bobby Bazini
Soul & Jazz & Funk is “currently enjoying” Bobby Bazini‘s single “Waterfallin’,” from his upcoming album Pearl. The site has a quote from Bazini about how he created the track with collaborator Connor Seidel. “Something in the way he played on the nylon guitar made me think of a waterfall, he shares. “I immediately started singing the melody ‘Oh you’re waterfallin’’ […]
Tonic Grain Shares Milly Raccoon’s “Offering To The Fae”
Tonic Grain has shared Milly Raccoon‘s “Offering To The Fae.” Blending enigmatic Celtic music with cinematically gloomy Americana, the composition flourishes with a spellbinding wistfulness. The song is written in honor of the artist’s late grandmother and conveys the atmosphere of a sacred, intimate ritual. The lush fiddle, guitar, and cello lines weave their way, supported by […]
Guitar World Interviews Sunny War
Guitar World writes that “it was the virtually limitless canvas of DAW home recording that inspired Sunny War to pursue a more experimental approach [on new album Anarchist Gospel].” The magazine has an interview with War, who explains that using Logic “really changed how I wrote, because before I would just record me and my guitar into […]
Old Grey Cat Reviews Rose’s Pawn Shop
Old Grey Cat writes that “Anyone who enjoys the Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Desert Rose Band and Dan Fogelberg circa High Country Snows should get much out of Punch-Drunk Life,” the new album from Rose’s Pawn Shop. The site says “the L.A.-based band stand at the crossroads of folk-rock, bluegrass and country, while frontman Paul Givant’s vocals possess a high lonesome quality similar to Chris Hillman’s. Read their full […]
The Rocking Magpie Calls Milly Raccoon “Absolutely Delightful”
According to The Rocking Magpie, Milly Raccoon‘s “quirkiness and respect for Classic Country (and various Roots) musical forms is fully in evidence here, on her absolutely delightful latest release.” The blog recently reviewed the Nashville-based artist’s album Frankincense And Myrrh, which is at radio now and tied as the most-added album at NACC Folk last week. “Raccoon,” the […]
The Ladies Of… Add Tour Dates
The Ladies Of… have shows coming up in the Southeast. According to Creative Loafing Atlanta, “This relatively recent project continues the career of the irrepressible James Hall. Ex-Mary My Hope and The Pleasure Club, Hall has been active in the Atlanta rock scene, on and off, for decades, pounding out his trashy rock and roll like […]
Leslie Medford Spills the Beans For Psychedelic Baby Mag
Psychedelic Baby Magazine is out with an interview with Ophelias frontman/solo artist Leslie Medford, whose new single “Leslie’s Dream” is at radio now from Independent Project Records. The chat includes nuggets like the details behind the song’s inception. According to Medford, “I was asleep and dreaming, and I became aware I was hearing this roaring, driving music that was propelled by […]
New Music From the Jimi Prasad Orchestra
Jimi Prasad was already a notoriously reclusive session musician — legendary in underground jazz and psychedelic music scenes for his blinding creativity — until he all but disappeared. For years, even his former bandmates couldn’t track him down. In rare moments, he’d resurface for a lecture on existentialism at a European university or release transcendental meditations […]
Holler Country Gets Behind Milly Raccoon, Whose New LP Topped This Week’s Folk Adds Chart At NACC
“Milly Raccoon is one of Americana’s best kept secrets,” writes Holler Country. “The fiddle player and singer has been eccentrically reimagining bluegrass, jazz and old timey country as feminist anthems for a world on fire ever since she first appeared on the scene nearly a decade ago.” The site has the premiere of Raccoon’s self-animated video for “That […]
The Ladies Of… Share “We Are The Wu Wu” Video
The Ladies Of… have released a video for the single “We Are The Wu Wu,” from their new album Coming Out Of Our Tenderness. The clip was created by the band’s Jack C. Massey. The lyrics of the energetic song go, “We are the WuWu, The heretic clerics, Preaching universal love, In the streets of America.” Check out the video here and get the […]
Fruit Bats Play For KEXP
Fruit Bats played a full-band set for KEXP‘s Cheryl Waters in May, and now it is streaming on YouTube. The indie folk legend played four songs from his new album A River Running To Your Heart as well as a fan favorite, “The Bottom Of It,” from the Gold Past Life LP. Good stuff. Check it out here. A River Running To Your Heart […]
Matt Holubowski Talks With The CBC
The CBC has a feature on Matt Holubowski. “While he is known primarily for being ‘an acoustic guitar guy,’ Like Flowers On A Molten Lawn sees him drawing from inspirations such as Radiohead and Pink Floyd, pushing his music in more experimental directions,” the network’s site writes about his new album, which is at radio now. Holubowski told the CBC about the making of the […]
