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Folk Alliance International Presents The Louis Jay Meyers Music Camp
The Louis Jay Meyers Music Camp (recently re-named for late its founder), where pros study with legends and the dedicated hobbyists learn from the best ... -
7.2
New Music Critique: The Squawks
Sardonic lyrics and a scorching guitar player highlight recordings by the Squawks, a folk-rock fivesome whose superior musicianship is ultimately undermined by subpar lead vocals. ... -
Live Review: Amilia K. Spicer at Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA
Material: Finding her roots in Pennsylvania, drifting through Texas and Nepal before establishing herself in Los Angeles, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Amilia K. Spicer is an ... -
7.2
New Music Critique: Maivish
Anyone looking to escape the modern world should spend some time with Maivish, whose brand of traditional Brit/Irish songcraft is solid, calming and transporting. The ... -
Live Review: Robert Sarazin Blake & The Letters at The Burrenn in Somerville, MA
Material: Gentle and breezy, yet serious and poignant, Robert Sarazin Blake and his coterie of players plunder the breadth of Americana, punctuating their style with ... -
Live Review: Diana Demuth at Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, CA
Material: You can learn a lot about an artist from just one song, and indie-folk songstress Diana DeMuth’s single “The Doorway” does just that. Peppy, ... -
7.8
New Music Critique: Scott Cook
With a musical metabolism all his own, laidback Canadian Scott Cook has a disarming honesty, a genuinely humanistic soul bordering on innocence that is hard ... -
8.4
New Music Critique: The Cover Letter
We get an instantly fun and free-spirited vibe from Austin quintet, the Cover Letter, whose male/female duets spearhead a tight, organic band that creates a ... -
Music Album Review: Entrance - "Book of Changes" (6/10)
Entrance has to be seen to be believed––but hearing them gets you about halfway there. Guy Blakeslee and company eschew most conventions, turning the experience into a hocus-pocus ... -
7.4
New Music Critique: Nathaniel Land
With a voice that’s a good match to his material, Nathaniel Land keeps things acoustically honest and altogether human, musing on love and fidelity for ...
