Dan Greenwood, by day, is that insurance salesman John Prine sang about, but by nights and weekends masquerades as a dad, husband, gardener, amateur musician, homebrewer and platform tennis enthusiast.
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/150157600″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Hailing from New Hampshire, the duo of Miss Maybell and Slimpickin’s take 1920s nostalgia past their period attire and into a genuine affection for the music of the era. While they focus primarily … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/74225912″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Folkfinds has hit Scandinavian old-time before, but our visit to Jesper Deleuran marks our first time in Denmark. Jesper is an old-time enthusiast with a command of several instruments, an eclectic repertoire of … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/162570562″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Loran Otzer is a talented though humble Italian sing-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist equally enamored of country, pop, folk, bluegrass and Celtic music. His quirky lo-fi productions frequently call all those to mind, but filtered … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/122150142″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Kurt Plahna of Milwaukee records under the name Gratton and divides his efforts on Soundcloud between experimental music, remixes, and some of the prettiest fingerpicking compositions you’ll find. He owes a clear debt … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/180478784″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Picking up from last week’s family act thread, folkfinds this week directs your attention to Edmonton, Canada brother-sister band Cadence & Nathan. Each writes and sings; their work has the intimacy you’d expect … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/83488138″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] For our first blues post, we visit Chris Okunbor, fittingly from Australia’s Blue Mountains. Chris is a gifted songwriter, understated singer and wicked multi-instrumentalist with catholic tastes and a penchant for inspired and … Continue reading →
LINDSAY STRAW My Mind From Love Being Free Self Release www.lindsaystraw.com Originally from Montana, singer and instrumentalist Lindsay Straw relocated to Boston in her late teens to study film scoring at the famed Berklee … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/125090120″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Hailing from Barcelona, singer-songwriter Fernando Gonzalo is a long way from the US but fell in love early with American country-folk styles. His own recordings aim for a sound and imagery that is … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/196310379″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Tennesseean John Delk only began recording his songs within the past few years, but we’re lucky he did. The region around his home features heavily in his songs, but perhaps surprisingly he avoids … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/197162113″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] South African Pravinand Maharaj, aka Johnny Minstrel, is a pillar of the Soundcloud folk community, writing great songs and recording several of them in collaboration with other artists he meets there. As his … Continue reading →
