Memories — places, vacancies, allusions — are fundamental characters in Mary Lattimore’s evocative craft. Inside her music, wordless narratives, indefinite travelogues, and braided events skew into something enchantingly new. The Los Angeles-based harpist recorded her breakout 2016 album, At The Dam, during stops along a road trip across America, letting the serene landscapes of Joshua […]
The Bryan TITUS Trio grows up like a weed from a tangled and overgrown history of Bluegrass and American Roots Music. Recently touted as a “Postmodern Barn Dance” band they write & perform toe-tapping tunes that evoke themes & melodies of yesterday with a pinch of modern irony. Songwriter/frontman Bryan Titus draws heavily on lessons […]
Xylouris White is the self-titled collaboration between Greek laoutist Georgios Xylouris and Australian drummer Jim White. The laouto is a stringed instrument in the lute family, traditionally played as a backing instrument, but brought to the musical forefront by past members of the Xylouris family, including Georgios’ father, Psarantonis. Their new album, Mother, was produced […]
Sean Watkins’ What To Fear is his fifth full-length album under his own name. Watkins began his musical career with the band Nickel Creek at the age of 12, alongside his sister Sara and mandolinist Chris Thile. He has also collaborated with Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman in Fiction Family, Toad the Wet Sprocket’s Glen Phillips […]
Omar Velasco’s self-titled EP combines a blend of Latin American and Afro-Cuban rhythms with English and Spanish lyrics, to create a unique and culturally diverse soundscape. This release marks the beginning of his exploration of Spanish language lyrics, his native tongue. Velasco spent six years in A Fine Frenzy, the musical project of actress/songwriter Alison […]
