ANAIS MITCHELL Young Man In America Wilderland anaismitchell.com To find an artist who has the vision and ambition of Anais Mitchell, one would have to look beyond the current crop of singer-songwriters, to poets … Continue reading →
CATIE CURTIS Stretch Limousine on Fire Compass 745632 www.compassrecords.com Oddly, the popular Boston-based singer-songwriter Catie Curtis is sometimes called out for lacking the harsh edginess of contemporaries like Ani DiFranco and Melissa Ferrick. This … Continue reading →
STEVE GILLETTE and CINDY MANGSEN Home By Dark Compass Rose 13 www.compassrosemusic.com After some twenty albums between them, including four prior duo albums, premier songwriters and song interpreters Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen give their … Continue reading →
DAVID FRANCEY Late Edition Laker 1009 www.davidfrancey.com After nine celebrated albums of carefully-crafted balladry, the novel fact that Scottish-Canadian songwriter David Francey released his first album in 1999 at age 45 has worn off, … Continue reading →
CRAIG BICKHARDT Live At Sellersville Theater Stone Barn 1006 www.craigbickhardt.com Every time I present Philadelphia-based master songwriter Craig Bickhardt, I introduce him by pondering how it happened that hit songwriters including Janis Ian, POCO, … Continue reading →
