Since late 2006, Blake Christiana has led Yarn through a fertile soundscape that plowed through acoustic and electric roots-based music. Then about two years ago, to reboot his creative self, Christiana booked a weekend of shows that featured new material, songs never used by Yarn and onstage collaborations. It resulted in his first ever live recording, Live at […]
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It’s been a 10-year wait, but Kelley Mickwee’s soulful new single, “Force Of Nature,” is premiering today at Glide Magazine. It’s the first release from Everything Beautiful, her first solo album in a decade and was co-written with Owen Temple and features David Jimenez on guitar. “I enlisted an amazing cast of characters, from Pumas to Gary
Blues artists HeavyDrunk and Watermelon Slim are combining forces for a UK tour and a new record, Bluesland Theme Park, to be released in 2025. HeavyDrunk and Watermelon Slim each have quite a repertoire individually (26 albums between the two), so it’s intriguing to think about how their styles will blend together on their first joint effort. The duo’s first single, “Watermelon
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With 40 years of making music as the iconic folk-rock band Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have also made their mark as dedicated activists, feminists, and out lesbians. Ever since “Closer to Fine” in 1989, the Indigo Girls have been on queer women’s playlists, as well as in Deneuve and Curve regularly. By
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Brooklyn Americana band Yarn’s new music on Born, Blessed, Grateful, & Alive reverberates with echoes of past classic rock and country from the 1970s and 1980s. By Steve Horowitz Born, Blessed, Grateful, & Alive is Yarn’s first studio album in eight years. The new music reverberates with echoes of past classic rock and country from the 1970s and
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NO DEPRESSION Reviews Yarn’s ‘Born, Blessed, Grateful & Alive’ Yarn’s latest, Born, Blessed, Grateful & Alive, opens with grand, sweeping blues rock and an imperative: get off that screen and join the party. The music, the message to “Turn Off the News,” neither are all that radical, but that’s not the point. It feels good —
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