Twangfest 17 kicked things off at Plush last night with a headlining show by Todd Snider, who brought along the great Amanda Shires. The momentum will keep churning tonight at Blueberry Hill with Joe Pug, whose 2012 album, The Great Despiser, was brilliant, and Motel Mirrors, which features Amy LaVere, whose last album, Stranger Me, … Read more
I had a dream that we were sitting on the summer porchIt seemed like everything was just the way it was before Summer (officially) begins on Wednesday, so let’s ease out of the Week of Melancholy and into something more hopeful. And while Joe Pug might not be the happiest songwriter on the planet, his … Read more
The Builders and the Butchers / Photo by Peter Blanchard Our new(ish) feature, The Radio Cure, provides you a smattering of great tracks to cure you of the radio blues. Enjoy Volume 1.2. The Builders and the Butchers – Rotten To The Core Portland’s folk-rock five-piece is pushing the new album, Dead Reckoning, with this … Read more