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INTERVIEW: The Adventures of Langhorne Slim at the Strawberry Mansion

Langhorne Slim illuminates his seventh album Strawberry Mansion. Slim grounds the album in family roots and personal growth linking the past and present through whimsy, panic, and love-filled songs.

Tagged album release, folk, folk rock, Gabi Mendick, interview, Langhorne Slim, mira kaplan, philadelphia

You Oughta Know: Elijah Wolf

For this week’s You Oughta Know, we caught up with NY based Elijah Wolf whose second album Brighter Lighting comes out next month (2/26).

Tagged Ambient, Angel Olsen, Buchla, Elijah Wolf, folk, Indie Folk, mira kaplan, Nels Cline, NYC, sam cohen, synth, Wilco, you oughta know

PREMIERE: Otter Finds Inspiration in MA’s Old Growth

With their 2nd LP, Mass folk duo Otter brings balance to the chaotic changes of 2020, much like nature brings balance to old growth forests.

Tagged Adrienne Lenker, album premiere, big thief, Donna Vatnick, folk, Indie Folk, indie folk boston, Jason Kimball, local artists, local band, Nick Drake, Otter, western ma, western mass

You Oughta Know: Izzy Heltai

Every week, we’re here to remind you of the local artists we love and think you oughta know. This week, we talked with folk singer-songwriter Izzy Heltai.

Tagged alternative country, boston queer, Country, fleet foxes, folk, folk rock, Indie Folk, Izzy Heltai, Jackie Swisshelm, LGBTQIA, local artists, local band, Trans, you oughta know

Kacy + Clayton and Marlon William’s Plastic Bouquet Grows Between Familiar Strangers

We caught up with Kacy Anderson (Kacy + Clayton) and Marlon Williams to discuss the release of their debut album Plastic Bouquet. Learn how this album “melds hemispheres,” creating songs that bring us beauty during a bleak and lifeless year.

Tagged americana, canada, Collaboration, Country, Duet, folk, Kacy + Clayton, Marlon Williams, New Zealand, Traditional

Premiere: SLDG MUSC Benefit Comp Features Anjimile, CAMP BLOOD, Carol, LAVAGXRL & More

sldg musc eclectic change

Sludge Music is releasing a totally stacked benefit compilation featuring some of Boston’s best talent, including Anjimile, CAMP BLOOD, Sidney Gish, and more.

Tagged Anjimile, Boston, camp blood, carol, eclectic change, Electronic, Experimental, folk, Hip hop, indie pop, Indie Rock, Lavagxrl, Massachusetts, national bail out, pop, Rap, Rock, sidney gish, sldg musc, sludge music, tranz tenderz

Premiere: Sam Moss Reshapes Himself On New Album

sam moss shapes

Sam Moss is a local folk troubadour whose album release and touring plans were waylayed by the COVID pandemic. Now, he’s back with new LP “Shapes.”

Tagged americana, Atwoods, benjamin burns, Boston, Cambridge, fingerpicking, folk, Indie Folk, Lizard Lounge, michael siegel, morgan rose ford, Sam Moss, shapes, Somerville, stephen ambra

Eleanor Elektra’s “Exquisite Corpse” & the Spiritual Crisis of Climate Change

“Exquisite Corpse” is an exhumation of a ruined world. Eleanor Elektra peels away layers of modern life to reveal the forces that are destroying it.

Tagged album release, Ben Bonadies, Eleanor Elektra, environmental, exquisite corpse, folk, folk-jazz, Jazz

You Oughta Know: Chrissy Stewart

This week’s You Oughta Know features Providence production powerhouse Chrissy Stewart, who just dropped her first LP, House of Christina.

Tagged americana, Blues, Chrissy Stewart, folk, Good Will Engine Co., indie, interview, local artists, mira kaplan, providence, PVD Live, Singer-Songwriter, soul, you oughta know

You Oughta Know: Hawthorn

This week, our hearts ached for warm, familiar folk tunes. Luckily, local folk duo Hawthorn is prepared to fill that void with music that You Oughta Know.

Tagged Anjimile, Eleanor Elektra, folk, Hawthorn, Indie Folk, interview, local artists, local band, Naomi Westwater, you oughta know

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