Boot and Saddle

by Adam McGrath The beauty of music is that songs born out of pain can bring joy into the world. Even though both Christopher Denny and Timothy Showalter of Strand of Oaks write songs that come from very personal, sometimes dark places, their performances transform difficult life Read More

by Brittney Corridean Earlier this month, Chris Denny began his tour over on the west coast. He sounds to be in good spirits as I could hear the open air of the freeway on the other end of his cell phone. “Seattle was just great; great crowd, great sound. The place was packed,” Read More

by Alyse Horn They’ll only be in the city at Boot & Saddle for one night on September 10th, but in that time frame The Young will perform and promote this week’s release, Chrome Cactus. Frontman Hans Zimmerman says he is always thinking of new content to produce, Read More

by Matt Kelchner With a new album released just days before their show at Boot and Saddle, the Rosebuds came in like the veteran band they are. Sand+Silence is their latest in a long discography. The Raleigh, North Carolina duo of Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp took the the stage to Read More

by Michele Zipkin You never know when a new song might arise from an attempt to revisit an old one, but for Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp of the Rosebuds, that is exactly what sparked their latest record, Sand + Silence. This marks the sixth full-length from the North Carolinian Read More

by Meaghan Paulosky On July 22nd, South Philly was swarmed by an energetic troop of middle-aged men with great taste in music and a willingness, yet inability, to dance to it.  In other words, the Shilohs and the Fresh & Onlys stopped to share their respective new albums to a Read More