Strand of Oaks

Philadelphia band, Strand of Oaks, releases a new ambient album titled Ambient For Change in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. He writes: “I wrote these five songs in the midst of heartbreak for the tragic events in our country. The one outlet that I have is music and Read More

by Matt Kelchner In front of a packed crowd Saturday night Kristian Matsson, aka The Tallest Man On Earth, ran through a career spanning set that had more than one surprise worked in. Due to a scheduling conflict, the Swedish folk singer was moved from the Fillmore down to rock Read More

by Matt Kelchner With Labor Day Weekend and this year’s Made In America Festival quickly approaching, we are here to help give a little help when it comes to dividing up your time each day. Sure the headliners are great and all, but there are also a lot of great local artists Read More

by Matt Kelchner It’s been a crazy and exciting year for Strand of Oaks. With the release of the latest album Heal, Timothy Showalter became the next Philadelphia musician to breakout onto the national scene. After spending the last several weeks out on the road, Strand of Oaks Read More

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