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Cancion Franklin – Just Made Rent
My favorite NYC blues-rocker is back with a new single, “Just Made Rent,” a song for everyone who has: A) Just made rentB) Drinks too much C) Is in a little bit of debt D) All of the above Option B is how I came across Cancion’s music. Up until the pandemic, he had a monthly residency at 11th Street Bar, the best pub in New York City, where he…
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Rhiannon Giddens – They’re Calling Me Home
They're Calling Me Home (With Francesco Turrisi) by Rhiannon Giddens They’re Calling Me Home is timeless, and simultaneously very much of the times. Recorded in just six days by Rhiannon Giddens and her partner Francesco Turrisi in the midst of lockdown, the collection of originals and traditional tunes creates a beautiful impression of yearning. Themes of wistfulness and, well, being called home ring true. Perhaps most obviously on “Waterbound,” Giddens…
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breathing light
Things are looking up, right? Concerts are being planned, the vaccine rollout is going swimmingly in the US, I even quit my old job and got a shiny new one. Everyone should be on cloud nine. But no, unfortunately, it seems that after a year of discomfort (thankfully that’s all it was) and disinterest, the problem isn’t fear or a bad job or lack of socializing or events – it’s…
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Ki Oni – Stay Indoors and Swim
Stay Indoors and Swim by Ki Oni Los Angeles ambient artist Ki Oni is here to satisfy your need for twinkling, therapeutic, synthetic-nature-vibes to quiet your incessant inner monologue. Stay Indoors and Swim was originally released as a three-song EP last year and is now expanded to an eight-track album by Ki Oni, the stage name of the artist Chuck Soo-Hoo. Reminiscent of the inside of an aquarium, it’s no…
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Jesse Aycock
Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Jesse Aycock. Jesse is a talented and in-demand multi-instrumentalist who has shared a stage with the Secret Sisters, Elizabeth Cook, and of course, he was a member of Hard Working Americans along with Todd Snider, Dave Schools, Neal Casal, Chad Staehly, and Duane Trucks. Jesse is also a singer and songwriter who just released his third solo album on Horton Records. The self-titled album is dedicated to Neal…
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Strange Strings Excursions : A Mix by Son of Buzzi
Son of Buzzi is Blind Joey Deaf, the mysterious persona cultivated by Zurich musician Sebastian Bischoff. Earlier this year he released Fluss, a collection of “sound collages” made by layered, multi-dimensional guitar soli, electric guitar, and the sparkling, gentle sound of the river Limmat captured on New Year’s Eve. Bischoff is a talented player, and those field recordings are a differentiator, making Fluss stand apart from other guitar soli releases.…
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Jeffrey Silverstein
Jeffrey Silverstein is an east-coaster turned PNW-er who teaches, writes, runs, meditates, and obviously, makes some extremely cool music. He has a beautiful new EP called Torii Gates that is out tomorrow on Arrowhawk Records. Last year, Jeffrey’s full-length You Become the Mountain made our AOTY list – an album of “effortless meditation” – even the most reluctant ball of stress will find their jaw unclenching and their shoulders descending…
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Buck Curran
Buck Curran, the prolific singer, songwriter, luthier living in Bergamo, Italy, has a lot going on. Buck’s Obsolete Recording label seems to be endlessly pumping out the jams, in the form of interstellar ambience, ruminative ragas, and melancholy melodies. I thought the best way to cover all the things going on with his label, Obsolete Recordings, would be to hear it straight from him. Hear Buck discuss the ten-year anniversary…
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Playlist for the Freeze and the Thaw : by Minor Moon
Minor Moon’s album Tethers was released on 3/26, a cinematic, visionary record blending midwest Americana, smart lyricism, and iridescent harmonies. From beginning to end, each track contains lush, full orchestration, with Wurlitzer and lap steel adding sparkling, sweeping elements, and songwriter and band leader Sam Cantor’s sometimes winking, sometimes somber, always solid vocal delivery rounding out the sound. Selecting singles must have been a difficult feat because there are no…
