Josh Ritter
While his name might not be on the tip of everyone's tongue in his homeland, folk-leaning singer/songwriter Josh Ritter has benefited from numerous positive reviews and a loyal fan base. Born in Idaho, Ritter bought his first guitar after hearing the Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash classic “”Girl From the North Country.”" While attending […]
Eisley
Entertainment Weekly Review “”…the DuPree kids expand their sound - contrasting soaring, Radiohead-aping vocals with big-bottomed prog-rock grooves.”" - Kerrang London, England. “”The girls' voices are as angelic as they are disturbing, pitch perfect - amazingly so, in fact - but their harmonies full of spectral sorrow and deep-rooted despair”" - Texas Monthly “”Combinations: is […]
Hot Buttered Rum
Hot Buttered Rum, one of the hardest-working and fastest-rising stars in the musical firmament, has become, over the last five years, a group that is infinitely greater than the sum of its parts. It began with a core of five uniquely talented musicians writing and singing songs on the mountaintops and city streets […]
Stuart Davis
Lakeville, MN, native Stuart Davis is an alternative folk-rock singer/songwriter with a yen for esoteric topics. (In the past, he has drawn influence for his songs from the Tao Te Ching, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and transpersonal psychologist Ken Wilber.) Growing up, he was influenced by the sounds of Elvis Costello, Richard […]
Kelly Joe Phelps
As a tunesmith, Kelly Joe Phelps already has a proven track record, with a catalogue of original songs infused with what The Washington Post calls “poignancy, passion and spirituality.” But on his sixth studio album, the Portland, Oregon-based musician still felt the need to retrofit new elements into his songwriting. “Part of it […]
British Sea Power
A rather conceptual indie band — one that's been compared more than once to Joy Division — British Sea Power is a quartet from Brighton, England, comprising members named Hamilton, Noble, Yan, and Wood. Formed in late 2000, their live shows began to receive notice early on, thanks in no small part to […]
Euforquestra
Eufórquestra is an eclectic world-beat ensemble from Iowa City, IA with interests in different cultural and traditional musics from all over the globe. The band has made a mission statement out of preserving different traditions, undescriminatingly trying anything at least once and fusing different styles that appeal to them. The self-proclaimed “Afro-Caribbean-Barnyard-Funk” touches on such […]
Baby Walrus
Hi Everybody, I'm Baby Walrus. I'm not quite sure how old I am, but folks tell me I look older than I look. I love music, jingle bells, guitars, amps, drums, vegetables, books, trumpets, trombones, bass guitars, flutes, shakers, bongos, tambourines, bells, wood, violins, hats, bouzouki, banjos, cabinets, drills, screwdrivers, mallets, cymbals, drumsticks, metronomes, […]
