Legendary singer/songwriter Janis Ian has a long history with the equally legendary Greenwich Village venue, The Bottom Line. From attending the club’s opening night to drinking champagne backstage with … Read more
Whatever your take on folk and Americana, it seems that, in recent years, a certain strain of the latter has enlivened a certain strain of the former. Where some … Read more
The jazz-inflected blues piano slinks in smoothly before the startling crack and clatter of the drums kicks in. The thrillingly jarring drum sound quickly gives way to an even … Read more
Kansas-bred, New York-based Katie Buchanan has just unveiled the cool, moody lyric video for “Gold,” off her new LP, Glow. One of the album’s many potential singles, “Gold” opens … Read more
It’s easy to conjure the forlorn with the sound of a pedal steel. It’s a little harder to conjure glowing warmth as well. But Los Angeles’ the Battlefield have … Read more
“It’s no exaggeration to say that when we began the monumental task of properly archiving the hundreds of Bottom Line concert recordings in the vault last year, we really didn’t … Read more
The tiny town of Markham, Texas is home to 2.3 square miles of land, just over 1,000 people and Bishop Fred A. Jones’ Mt. Zion Pentecostal Cathedral. Mt. Zion … Read more
While on tour, Brooklyn blues-rocker Meghann Wright has been recording her own twists to well-known covers in her “Covering America” series, but in addition to being a unique singer-songwriter of … Read more
On West Virginian singer-songwriter Haley Slagle’s upcoming album, Liar’s Best Friend, nine tracks of haunting melodies and intimate lyrics take residence. One of the tracks, “Ain’t That Lonely Yet”, is Slagle’s … Read more
“The Emerald Schmoe,” the latest single from Illinois’ Survival Float, is a lovely exercise in duality. Sprightly yet underpinned by unusual time signatures. Airy yet filled with horns, drums, keyboards, … Read more
