Review: Kacy & Clayton, ‘Strange Country’
Singer Kacy Anderson and fingerstyle guitarist Clayton Linthicum carve out plenty of room for play in their take on British and Appalachian folk and pre-electric blues.
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Review: Lucinda Williams, ‘The Ghosts Of Highway 20’
The singer-songwriter’s new double-length set is a road album of a sort, as well as a remarkable distillation of Williams’ writerly gifts.
Possessed By Paul James Live At WAMU
Konward Wert could have been a preacher. His father had been a pastor, the musician said in a 2011 interview….
Review: Joan Shelley, ‘Over And Even’
Songs on the Kentucky folk singer’s second album sound ancient and true, even on first hearing.
Premiere: Marian McLaughlin’s Joyful ‘Kapunkah,’ A Tribute To Thailand
After working on the Fojol Bros. food trucks in D.C. a couple of years ago — rotating between Indian, Ethiopian…
Premiere: Sara Curtin’s Soulful ‘Garden Of Ghosts,’ Inspired By The Flora Of Detroit
Sara Curtin’s second album was inspired in part by an unlikely source: culinary provacateur Anthony Bourdain. “Garden of Ghosts,” a soulful, country-tinged track from Curtin’s Michigan…
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The Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman: ‘I’m Not Sure Why Music Is Still Overwhelmed By Dudes’
Canadian songwriter Tamara Lindeman’s songs each offer a vivid yet fleeting mise en scène. Her specific, detailed visuals are not…
Ex-Q And Not U Duo Paint Branch Re-Emerges With A New EP
To followers of D.C. indie rock, John Davis and Chris Richards might be familiar names. They toured widely with their…
Daniel Bachman Wants You To Hear This Traditional Virginia Music
Guitarist Daniel Bachman comes from Fredericksburg, Virginia, a town known for its Civil War history and its biggest college, the…
The New Waltz Brigade EP Proves D.C.’s Indie-Folk Scene Is Alive And Well
When recording its debut EP, Slow Mountain, Mount Pleasant chamber-folk band Waltz Brigade achieved its sound by default as much…
Another Music Archive Is Opening In D.C., And This One Is Broader
George Washington University already has a class about D.C. punk rock. But for the last year, the pricey university in…