I’m New Here, the widely praised first album in over 15 from Gil Scott-Heron came out February 9th on XL Recordings. Now Nas has stepped into [...]

It’s hard to say what exactly trips up Ponybird’s Full Cold Moon. The songwriting isn’t particularly fantastic, but it’s not all that bad either. Songs [...]

From lo-fi prankster with his work in the Moldy Peaches, to lush crooner songsmith in his hit “Jessica,” to avant-poet twisting words and melodies into [...]

Following fresh in the tracks of her 2007 debut Batten the Hatches (which earned Youngs a record deal with Nettwerk and a song on the [...]

There are plenty of reasons other than the Winter Olympics to set your sights on the second-largest country in the world right now. Canadian contributions [...]

A thickset forest, a murky attic, a neutral river running indifferently next to a log cabin, and the eclipsed back room in every aloof guitar [...]

It’s always great to hear a seasoned musical veteran reflect on his career. But whereas Johnny Cash returned to a stripped-down classic sound, Gil Scott-Heron adapts perfectly with the times on his first album in 15 years, I’m New Here.

Basia Bulat’s Heart of My Own, “folk music from the hills,” is aptly titled as it is pure, untarnished, and from the heart. Bulat’s soulful ballads of heartache and heartbreak filtered through a wailing, strong, classic female voice (dare I compare her to Joni Mitchell?) make this album one for the charts.

Bruler Bruler is a mellow, inoffensive, and slightly twangy collection of female singer-songwriter folk music. If you’re lazy, you can stop reading this review now. [...]

Upon the first pass through Keegan DeWitt’s latest offering, Islands, I began setting various tracks to my unfinished soliloquy-ridden screenplay about an off-beat writer trying [...]