Anaïs Mitchell is already known as a gifted singer-songwriter, but now she has proved herself to be a brilliant poet and playwright with her new album Hadestown . This studio recording of Mitchell’s “folk opera” will be released on March 9th by Righteous Babe Records, and features such well known guest vocalists as Ani Difranco, Greg Brown, Petra…read more
I’m thrilled to be able to give away Anaïs Mitchell’s magnificent new CD Hadestown (click the album title for my rave review), featuring Ani Difranco, Greg Brown, and Bon Iver. See contest details and download two mp3s from the album below. The Prize : 1 copy of Anaïs Mitchell’s new CD Hadestown The Rules: Comment to this entry…read more
There are currently 3 CD giveaways on Muruch . Click on the following contest links to enter: Anaïs Mitchell’s “Hadestown” CD Giveaway Corinne Bailey Rae CD Giveaway Madison Violet CD Giveaway The deadline for the Hadestown giveaway is this Friday, February 26th. The other two contests will end on Friday, March 12th. read more
I usually don’t jump at writing about press releases (in fact I get so few since I unsubscribed to just about every email list) but there are a few people that I still listen to. So when I read about something new from Anaïs Mitchell by way of Thirty Tigers it was news to rejoice to. The new record…read more
You can hear my voice in the new edition of Contrast Podcast , which has the theme “Best of 2010 (So Far).” My pick was Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown album (click title for my review) and I submitted the 100% legal, label-authorized mp3 “Flowers (Eurydice Song).” Hadestown will almost certainly still be my #1 album of 2010 at…read more
With their latest album Further , released earlier this summer, the much revered dance duo of Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands went back to basics, shaking free big name guest vocalists and instead releasing a studied, concise 8 song opus which wound together proved to be one of their most cohesive and compelling records yet. Their new single “ Another World ”…read more
A 20-song folk opera that tells the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice , transplanted to a post-apocalyptic America. A Joanna Newsom -cum- The Road -cum- Groovy Greeks behemoth that is surely too pretentious for its own good. Surely? Well, no, actually. I’m a few months late on Anaïs Mitchell ’s recent Hadestown album, which is unsurprising really considering the low…read more
Greg Laswell’s third full-length album Take A Bow will be released by Vanguard Records on May 4th. I first wrote about Laswell here three years ago when I reviewed his Through Toledo album. Since then his music has been played on Grey’s Anatomy , True Blood , and One Tree Hill , and last year’s Covers EP seems to have…read more
The following cover of Bo Diddley’s “I’m A Man” is a brilliant churn of noisy garage rock and blistering harmonica blues by L.A. band The Morlocks. The Morlock’s new album The Morlocks Play Chess features covers of twelve songs originally released by classic blues label Chess Records – home to such legends as Chuck Berry…read more
This Saturday, January 9th, is gearing up to be the most frustrating night in recent local folk music history, thanks to a huge convergence of talent in the Boston area. I’ve got third row tickets to see Greg Brown at Sanders Theater – a great place to see a folkfan’s favorite wry basso and sensitive songwriter, who once told me a hilarious anecdote about…read more
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