True Norwegian Blackgrass (Svart Records) is the new album from the enigmatic Twin Serpent, based in Trondheim, Norway. As the record’s name suggests, their music is something of a genre-bending fusion of Country Music and Black Metal. They also throw the influence of Punk rock into the mix for good measure. Continue reading
Anti-Corp Music’s beloved live series, The Magnolia Sessions,welcomes two new additions on May 1st. The Birmingham folk and country storyteller Ramblin’ Ricky Tate and roots maverick Bosko Baker. Stream preview tracks now and pre-save below.
We’ve covered a lot of Folk-adjacent music here, but not much true American Southern Folk. There is something quietly nice about a show that asks its audience to slow down, listen closely, and sit with history rather than rush past it. As random fate would have it, I got to see The Porch on Windy Hill for its return to Urban Stages for an encore run. Conceived and directed by Sherry Stregack Lutken, and written by Lutken, Lisa Helmi Johanson, Morgan Morse, and David M. Lutken, the production places American folk music at the core of its storytelling, which feels intimate, lived-in, and disarmingly relevant in the present moment. Continue reading