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Carla Frankenbach

Jake Blount and Mali Obamsawin -- symbiont

Jake Blount and Mali Obamsawin -- symbiont

Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin’s revelatory album, symbiont, is so expansive it feels reductive to simply classify it as a concept album, or assign it to any specific genre. Though the world they create is set in the future, it wrestles with the rapid destruction of the natural world

Queer Country Goes to Newport Folk

Queer Country Goes to Newport Folk

I first experienced the Newport Folk Festival on my dad’s shoulders, impatient and sunburnt, completely unaware that I was seeing some of the most iconic folk performers of our time (The Indigo Girls! Joan Baez! Lucinda Williams! Patty Griffin!). I imagine toddler me spent most of her time running

REVIEW: Jude Brothers -- render tender / blunder sunder

REVIEW: Jude Brothers -- render tender / blunder sunder

Over the course of nine tracks, Jude Brothers creates a new home for themselves both sonically and emotionally as they take listeners with them on a journey through the end of a relationship and a rebirth of self. Their honest and beautifully rendered lyrics will resonate with anyone who has