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Next Friday, June 6th, folk outfit The Head And The Heart return to The Met Philadelphia for the first time since 2019 and to Philadelphia itself for the first time since… well, earlier this month, although it was a private show…  The Seattle six-piece have a new album that...

“I moved here in 2023, and I’ve been loving every minute…  I feel like it’s the Midwest of the Northeast in my mind, with old-old history, but really real people… the art, the murals, the diversity of all kinds that you have here,” says singer/songwriter Alaina Stacey, who originally...

Last May we saw queer country singer/songwriter Fancy Hagood at the Music Hall at World Café Live when he opened the No One Gets Out Alive tour for our phriend, and fellow Nashville-based Americana artist, Maggie Rose (He’s also toured with our pal Kaitlin Butts!)  However, earlier this month...

Last month electronic duo Immersion (comprised of Wire’s Colin Newman and Minimal Compact’s Malka Spigel, a “life and art” couple) released the third album of their collaborative Nanocluster series (2021’s Nanocluster, Vol.1 saw them collaborating with our phriend Laetitia Sadier, German post-rock duo Tarwater, and electronic musicians Ulrich Schnauss...

“I love a good listening room…  There’s a certain level of attention and connection that can happen in a listening room…  There’s something special about being able to sit down, take a load off, and settle in,” says Nashville-based Americana singer/songwriter Jobi Riccio, who kicks off her first-ever headlining...

“I love that!  It makes me extra excited!” says Lilly Hiatt when I tell her that her show here next week will actually be in a diner that was once featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.  Next Tuesday, March 11th, the Nashville singer/songwriter will be making her Silk City...

“I’ve played MilkBoy before and it was one of the best nights of the tour!  People in Philly are the best!” proclaims modern crooner Stephen Day, before going on to characterize the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection as having some of the best energy of any city. ...

“Some bands make the best shit in the beginning, but I feel like we’re the opposite,” laughs Melissa Scaduto, co-founder of LA-based trio Sextile.  Sextile are currently amidst a nearly two-month tour, playing the biggest rooms of their career as support for Sacred Bones labelmates Molchat Doma, which will...

“I’ve been transitioning into maybe an indie shift in the singer/songwriter genre.  I mean, a blonde woman playing acoustic guitar doesn’t really resonate like it once did .  Not that there’s anything wrong with that,” says blonde singer/songwriter Lauren Calve, laughing.  Calve admits to growing up listening to a...