Reviews

by Bill Repko The Kutztown Folk Festival looked deceptively small from outside the gates. The exposed strip of turbines prattling beside dangling wind chimes inducted me into the omnipresence of the old German-American farming community. High school kids manned most of the food Read More

OOIOO Gamel Reviewed by: Ari Roth   OOIOO’s latest record, as its title suggests, is essentially a modern Gamelan album, derived from the tuned percussion and interlocking patterns of traditional Indonesian music, but incorporating burnt out, fuzzy psychedelia, wonky Read More

Sean Watkins All I Do is Lie Reviewed by: Lara Supan   I bet you can’t listen just once. Well here’s the listen of the summer folks. It’s got sunshine and a warm summer breeze built right into the orchestration, and you’ll have visions of running Read More

by Bill Repko While jogging through the boonies, a rather inane practice I subject myself to (confessions of a binge smoker), I stumbled upon Coahoma Soul. A local cadre of people assembled under gazebo canopies selling knick-knacks, preserves, and tarnished antiques and thought Read More

by Michele Zipkin Hezekiah Jones brought folk, roots rock and then some to Johnny Brenda’s this past Thursday, June 26th. They shared a bill with New Sweden, The Spinning Leaves (who played their first show as a band in over a year,) and Lovers League, who released their debut Read More

by Brittney Corridean Thursday night at the North Star bar, a legendary venue that speaks for itself in West Philadelphia, I was sitting across the table from Gina and RJ (a couple who traveled from DC to catch Lane’s show) and we were discussing their trip to Philadelphia. After Read More