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Greenfield, MA: July 8-10, 2016. $120 for two and a half days of music. Pure. Unadulterated. Music. And it’s a quite good lineup. Very good. Exceptionally good. Check it HERE. So we suspect you might’ve missed those early bird tickets. No matter, this is still an excellent price (especially if you don’t feel like getting scalped for the Newport Folk Festival). But here’s who we’ve come to talk about: Kearney and Davis and funky shades. (c) not us We’ve been talking mostly about the Saturday lineup, because we’re most familiar with those artists, but on Sunday comes this lass (and gent): Bridget Kearney and BenjaminRead More →

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Coming in July, 2016… Mistah Graves. (C) Erika Goldring. This guy. Whereabouts, you might ask? None other than the Green River Festival. Hosted by Greenfield Community College July 8-10 at the Franklin County Fairgrounds in Western Massachusetts, this lil’ Fest just came upon our radar on their 30th anniversary, hooray! Happy Dirty Thirty! But the real cause of celebration here is the stellar lineup they’ve got for this year, including: – Shakey Graves– Dawes– The Suffers– Shovels and Rope And another couple dozen artists. Some thoughts on these guys and gals: – Shakey Graves’ And the War Came almost fell through the cracks on ourRead More →

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The Dave Rawlings Special: Bitta heat, bitta cool, cowboy hat. All folk. All photos (c) Matthew Keefer …and led us to the weekend, which we hit/ Just like a freight train. Got there early/ We couldn’t wait… for Gillian Welch and headlining collaborator, Dave Rawlings. The Dave Rawlings Machine, comprised of Welch, Willy Watson, Paul Kowert and, of course, Mr. Rawlings himself, were joined by Miss. Brittany Haas to tour for his sophomore solo, Nashville Obsolete, which we’re totally digging right now. You likely will dig it, too. Welcome to the Machine. (L to R) Kowert, Welch, Watson. You know why we say that? BecauseRead More →

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We’ll admit it: The Oh Hellos is one of our favorite discoveries to come out of the Newport Folk Fest (’14, if you recall). A large, overwhelming nontet with two drummers, the brother/sister duo of Maggie and Tyler Heath seem to come naturally into singable, joyous melody, and at Providence last week… Well, we’ll get to that. But first things first. (Photos (C) Bera Dunau) A Cereus Bright in the dark night. (L to R) Tyler Anthony and Evan Ford. Cereus Bright caught us off-guard. Lovely harmonies, the quintet puts out. Their sound was beautifully balanced, and their drummer – sigh – their drummer! Don’tRead More →