The news spread pretty quickly yesterday morning that Josh Ritter was offering a free mp3 of his upcoming new release – So Runs The World Away – which comes out May 4th. Put that in your calendar! Listen: What is...

Juno Award winning banjo-folkster Old Man Luedecke is back with a new album: My Hands are on Fire and other Love Songs out March 30, 2010. If you did Canadian roots music, you’ll dig Luedecke Listen: Old Man Luedecke ∞ The Rear Guard

I blogged about this release back here. But I got my promo copy in the mail the other day. After one spin, the “folk opera” Hadestown could almost be a soundtrack to Lost. The star-studded release comes out 3-9-10. Listen: Anaïs Mitchell ∞...

As everyone analyzes the season six premier, I will keep my own theories to myself. And let this song speak for me. Brown Bird is a five piece folk group that sound (and look) like they could be the “Temple” house band. They released an album...

An epic episode deserves an epic song. This one is by Josh Ritter, who has new album coming out later this year! And over hills and fields I flew And the whole world was looking to get drowned Get missiles from so high they might as well be...