Singer-songwriter Eric Andersen is a kind of folk music prophet, whose music has been performed by Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt, and Pete Seeger.
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Album review: ‘One//Four’
Jackson Cavalier ‘One//Four’ Self-released jacksoncavalier.bandcamp.com It’s not that Jackson Cavalier has signed over to more countrified constraints. But I gotta say: Just dig the tonk and twang of Cavalier’s reedy voice as he puts it through the paces on his new, three-song EP “One//Four.” The first of an eventual quartet of EP’s, “One//Four” is a […]
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Album review: ‘Steal Your Heart’
Sugar Glider ‘Steal Your Heart’ Self-released sugargliderband.bandcamp.com Rochester folk quartet Sugar Glider’s debut full-length album, "Steal Your Heart," is like an intimate backwoods bonfire with close friends gathered round joined in song. Utilizing the reverberating acoustics of the South Wedge Mission, the album features the core group of vocalist-banjoist Alison Lindsey, singer-guitarist Roxy Elahi, guitarist […]
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Album review: ‘Elephino’
Elephino ‘Elephino’ Self-released elephino.bandcamp.com Local folk septet Elephino is celebrating its new, self-titled sophomore album, which was released in May. Featuring a lively mix of various stringed roots instruments, harmonica, vocals, and drums, Elephino puts a modern punk-bluegrass twist on traditional folk music. Vocalists Dani "Damnzel" and Tim Braley both sing with passionate, emotionally free-flowing […]
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Benny Bleu completes August residency at The Little
Ben Haravitch, a.k.a. Benny Bleu, is a local singer-songwriter, banjo teacher, mobile recording engineer, and ultimately a modern-day folk storyteller. He’s in the middle of a month-long residency at The Little Theatre Café, with upcoming shows on August 22 and 29.
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Sugar Glider: new name, same sweet songs
The Rochester art-folk group formerly known as The Sugar Gliders has been making headway in the local music scene with its irresistible, heart-melting lullabies. The band has also made plenty of changes, morphing from a duo to a quartet, changing its name, and working on a debut studio album — expected to be released at the end of June.
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Folk musician Joe Dady dies at 61
Rochester musician Joe Dady, one half of the Irish folk duo The Dady Brothers, has died at the age of 61.
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Album review: ‘Tree of Shade’
Driftwood ‘Tree of Shade’ Self-released driftwoodtheband.com The Binghamton band Driftwood is back with “A Tree of Shade,” another collection of warm and earthy songs that feel rooted in indie Americana but bloom into full-blown, radio-ready pop. Driftwood strikes a balance between dirt-road weariness and wide-eyed optimism; the lyrics are bittersweet and earnest, but the music […]
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Album review: ‘Partly on Time: Recordings 1968-1970’
Kinloch Nelson ‘Partly on Time: Recordings 1968-1970’ Tompkins Square Records kinlochnelson.com The inquisitive exploration and curiosity are all there. In fact they’ve been there sitting on guitar wizard Kinloch Nelson’s shelf for 50 years, undisturbed — but fortunately not forgotten. Though Nelson presents the 12 original songs on “Partly on Time: Recordings 1968-1970” acoustically, the […]
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Album review: ‘Warm Prickly’
Benny Bleu ‘Warm Prickly’ Self-released bennybleu.bandcamp.com It sounds like I’m lying when I tell you a performance or record from Benny Bleu, a k a Ben Haravitch, features the entire Hochstein School of Music’s banjo faculty. That’s because he’s the only one there. Though Haravitch spends a lot of time solo on his new CD […]
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Album review: ‘Everdene Holler’
Everdene Holler ‘Everdene Holler’ Self-released everdeneholler.bandcamp.com Rochester duo Everdene Holler’s debut album is a curious collection of sounds. Is it drone music? Is it roots music? Delightfully, the answers are unclear, as banjo player Zora Gussow and fiddler Clara Riedlinger — who share vocal duties — defy expectations with six unsettling but satisfying takes on […]
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Album review: ‘SleepWalker’
Ryan Sutherland ‘SleepWalker’ Self-released ryansutherland.bandcamp.com Rochester’s Ryan Sutherland is a down-to-earth, folk singer-songwriter with ripping slide guitar skills. Switching between guitar and banjo, he blends elements of country with folk, blues, roots music, and old-timey Americana. He is currently celebrating the release of his second studio album, "SleepWalker," a lighthearted storybook dedicated to his partner, […]
