Already on the 2025 radar with their excellent debut EP, New England’s Creative Writing follow their January gem with the announcement of their first album for RSTB favorites Meritorio. The band brings…
Waking up to some great news among my catchup on last week’s break. It’s been three years since Kikagaku Moyo took an indefinite hiatus, leaving fans with an ache for more. In…
Pretty sure I’ve said it before, but I’ll give it one more; it’s been a banner year for Slumberland Records. After a packed first half of the year, rife with year-ender contenders,…
The site will be on vacation next week, the 21st – 25th, but I’m leaving you with a Snapshot for this week. Packed with some new singles and a few extras, this…
Recent singles from Boston Folk purveyors The Croaks have been building to the release of an EP, fitting like puzzle pieces into a short format stunner that’s rife with highs and lows,…
A third single fills out the picture on the upcoming new album from The Myrrors. The band emerges from a hiatus to tease one of their most impressive albums yet. Following the…
The first single from the upcoming new Julianna Riolino album set Echo in the Dust as one to watch, but the second cinches it as unmissable. “On A Bluebird’s Wing” turned the…
It’s a double dose of Dylan Young today. Barely on the heels of his collaboration with Winter McQuinn and Hot Apple Band, Young’s Way Dynamic offers up a second single from their…
RSTB faves Upset The Rhythm pitch a perfect pairing. Just off their recent tour together, indie outlier and legend in her own right Linda Smith pairs up with East Coast jitter-janglers The…
As the site itself approaches twenty years, it’s coming into time that foundational pieces that brought RSTB into being are reaching that number as well. I’ve listed the ranks of free-folk and…
Honestly, Slumberland’s rarely been on as big a tear as they have this year. Between the releases that are announced and the whiffs on the wires, it’s bound to be a banner…
This one’s shaping up into a real powerhouse for 2025, a new solo album from Winter McQuinn that’s much less solitary than that designation would let on. The record finds McQuinn pairing…
Busy schedules have kept the first couple of singles from Kyle Hamlett on the site, but it’s high time to put some focus on his upcoming new album, The Way Out Inn.…
This one came as as surprise when it was announced. While she’s had a few latter day backing groups, I’d hardly expected Canadian folk singer Bonnie Dobson to connect with The Hanging…
Raven Sings the Blues started as an MP3 blog back in 2006, when such a thing existed. Eventually it evolved into a daily music review site focusing on garage, psych, county, experimental, indie and crucial reissues.
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