Jess Nolan is an old soul and a skilled creator who continuously channels a palate of creative endeavors. A member of Jenny Lewis’ all-female touring band, she is an in-demand collaborator, lending her writing, vocal, and instrumentalist talents to projects…
Austin Lucas is a veteran of the punk and hardcore scenes that have birthed many Americana favorites now: Tim Barry, Laura Jane Grace, Cory Branan, Jason Isbell, John Moreland. The last time Austin and I spoke for the Adobe &…
Ava Earl, the 20-year-old Alaskan indie folk/pop artist, has been killing it: she opened for Maggie Rogers while still in high school, released 4 albums by the time she was 18 and The Roses (2021), produced by GRAMMY-nominated JT Nero,…
Pine & Fire belong on bigger stages. The duo, comprised of Jobi Adams and Brandi Foster, plays exquisite folk music with a radical bent. Their music is mellow and is fit for a campfire, but the lyrics light a bonfire…
Portland’s Roselit Bone is hitting the ground running on Ofrenda, their fourth album. That’s mainly because of lead singer Charlotte McCaslin’s transition. On the title track (below), McCaslin’s sinewy voice finally feels like her own, and it’s easy to hear…
The Nashville Scene’s 2022 “Best New Music Festival” returns for its third year celebrating queer artists in Music City this weekend. Founded by artist and entrepreneur Sara Gougeon in 2021, Queerfest has continued growing and transforming each year thanks to…
After immersing himself in the American folk scene and mastering the fiddle in his youth, Reid Jenkins embraced his own voice and formed the indie rock outfit Morningsiders with band co-founders Magnus Ferguson and Robert Frech while attending Columbia University.…
San Francisco’s Rachel Garlin can find inspiration from the unlikeliest places. Her recent The Ballad of Madelyne & Therese is a 13-song cycle about two lovers in New York in the 1940s. The project is rooted from an off-the-cuff “shitty…
With the release of their monumental The Wrack Line, Your Heart Breaks (a.k.a. Clyde Petersen) demonstrates their careful observation of a life well-lived. The song is a collection of collaborations, chronicling Petersen’s misadventures in the freak fold world. Petersen is…
Keturah Allgood may have grown up in North Carolina, but her music gives off plenty of West Coast vibes. Allgood, as she explains in her interview, is heavily influenced by the Grateful Dead and this gives her music — especially…