You may not know Jamie McLean by name, but there’s a good chance you’ve heard one of his songs. The New York roots rocker has penned hundreds of original tunes spanning a slew of Americana’s myriad of influences. Beyond that, he’s offered his scorching guitar to the likes of Aaron Neville and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and has even seen the world as a result of it. So, he’s sure gotten around, and he has the warm, developed sound to back it up…
Archives for 2017
Glide Magazine Premieres New Single from R. Finn
With his new debut, Collecting Trip (due out on January 19, 2018), R. Finn has created a heartfelt album rooted in timeless Americana and colored by subtly lush, alternately haunting and hopeful arrangements. The Southern California songwriter took the long way around on this journey, some of his songs on the record tracing back nearly a decade…
Digital Tour Bus Talks with Derek Hoke
In this First Concert Ever segment, the Americana artist, Derek Hoke, talks about his first concert ever.
I grew up in a small town in South Carolina. The closest thing to a show when I was growing up was seeing punk bands at a run-down schoolhouse or the local VFW.
My first REAL concert came when my Dad took me to see The Rolling Stones in Clemson, SC. I brought my high school buddy, Scooter (yes, Scooter), along for the experience..
Consequence of Sound Chats With Radnor & Lee
Ben Lee must play nice with others, because the Australian indie folk star has cultivated a number of fruitful collaborations across his 25-year career. Once upon a time, he teamed up with Ben Folds and Ben Kweller to form a supergroup called, appropriately, The Bens. Since then, he’s filled his prolific solo output with guest spots from the likes of Zooey Deschanel, Mandy Moore, Sean Lennon, Neil Finn, and Azure Ray. Now he’s found what many might deem to be a surprising new collaborator in actor Josh Radnor…
Noisey Discusses New Album with Derek Hoke
Derek Hoke did not mean to write such a downer album, but once he realized how much he was holding in, he decided it was time to purge. Hoke, whose songs tend more toward a Hank Williams-inspired rockabilly than flat-out sadness, grew up in Brunswick, Georgia where, at least in his eyes, Garth Brooks was equal to Fugazi. “If I was on a therapist’s couch, this is what I would be talking about,” he tells me about Bring the Flood, his forthcoming album, out this Friday…
Rolling Stone Says You Need to Know Karen & The Sorrows
Sounds Like: Seventies-era folk rock, accented by generous amounts of pedal steel and a steady social conscience
For Fans of: Emmylou Harris, Lilly Hiatt, the idea of Dolly Parton fronting Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers
Why You Should Pay Attention: Led by singer-songwriter Karen Pittelman, Brooklyn-based Karen and the Sorrows are central figures in New York’s burgeoning queer country scene, a sprawling group of performers that includes My Gay Banjo and the Paisley Fields. New York native Pittelman founded the inclusive performance round-ups the Gay Ole Opry and the Queer Country Quarterly, and organized the 2017 Another Country festival in July to support and promote fellow country-loving musicians identified as queer or trans.