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Your Folk Fix: Wide Arches – Farewell to All the Lovely Things

Your folk music fix today is brought to you by Wide Arches and their new album Farewell to All the Lovely Things that arrived on September 12th, 2023. Wide Arches is the debut singer-songwriter project of Toronto-based Juno-nominated multi-instrumentalist and composer Jacob Gorzhaltsan. The project began during the COVID-19 lockdown before Jacob realized the songs full potential utilizing the collaborative efforts of the Canadian musicians … Continue reading Your Folk Fix: Wide Arches – Farewell to All the Lovely Things

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Spotlight On: Najas

Hailing from Powers, Oregon, folk-duo Najas is made up of Myco Stassens (guitars, lead vocals) and his niece Meadow Stassens (banjos, vocals). After initially releasing a bare cut of their new single in early 2023, on July 7th a revamped and more polished version of Gift Horse was released across streaming services. We were pleased to be able to push a couple questions over to … Continue reading Spotlight On: Najas

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Alex Southey says we Never Listen… Well who’s eating their words now, Alex?

Released today is a brand new music video by Toronto based indie artist Alex Southey. “Never Listen” comes off Alex’s 2022 EP Common Fantasies that we told you about back in January and we’ve BEEN listening, Alex and we’ll KEEP listening, thank you very much. Honestly ever since I heard this track I’ve been having a little trouble placing it. It’s holds a really relaxed … Continue reading Alex Southey says we Never Listen… Well who’s eating their words now, Alex?

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Death Bus for Blondie Variety Hour: S2 E4 – Underneath the Sycamore

As of today Spotify has arbitrarily decided that it doesn’t like your podcast to include music within the “talk” portion of your podcast, and because I cannot be assed to separate my files to appease this almighty AI-based overlord, the podcast will simply no longer be streaming on Spotify. On today’s episode we continue the conversation from last week circling briefly back to update you … Continue reading Death Bus for Blondie Variety Hour: S2 E4 – Underneath the Sycamore

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Crooked Forest’s Indie Music Round-Up: 2022 Edition

Showcasing what we believe are some of the best indie releases of 2022 as submitted by YOU to our twitter feed. Most submissions were Spotify links but some came through as Bandcamp – we’re running with what we were given. The lists are broken down by general genre so you can quickly jump to what you’re looking for. Let’s get to it! Light Rock/Easy-Listening/Pop RW … Continue reading Crooked Forest’s Indie Music Round-Up: 2022 Edition

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Neither Could Dylan Release: Let Go

A few months back we were invited to submit a track for Canadian record label Syrup Moose (haha) for their second compilation album, aptly titled “Compilation II” and were pleased to find a home for our song “Let Go”. This was supposed to be out officially tomorrow to mark the winter solstice and the tracks were curated to help us all get through the longest … Continue reading Neither Could Dylan Release: Let Go

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Neither Could Dylan First Show Recap

Okay, I know this blog seems a little ridiculous and mildly gluttonous but, I performed my debut show on the weekend as Neither Could Dylan and I want to remember as much as possible from it. Plus, I recorded the entire set and that’s really what this is for – to share it with you! I landed the gig by reaching out to a music … Continue reading Neither Could Dylan First Show Recap

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Neither Could Dylan “Happy” Streaming Everywhere… tomorrow July 21st!

Super super hype that tomorrow, July 31st, 2022, you’ll be able to stream “Happy” (Acoustic) on all major streaming platforms. If you’re a Spotify user, you can pre-save the track now! I’ve also been slowly pulling together the final track list for what’s going to become my ‘debut’ album and I’m pretty stoked to share some more sneak peeks and teasers with you in the … Continue reading Neither Could Dylan “Happy” Streaming Everywhere… tomorrow July 21st!

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Spotlight On: Woodsmoke

Today we’re turning the spotlight onto East Yorkshire-based filk-duo Woodsmoke. Woodsmoke recently released a digital reissue of their EP “Back To Nature” through IO Music Group and we penned some questions over to the guys about the record, the decision to reissue it and where you can catch them performing live. Where are you from?Hessle, just outside of Hull, East Yorkshire – England. “If I’d … Continue reading Spotlight On: Woodsmoke

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