José González
Synthesizers are modern and exciting with the extent of their versatility, however, it can be refreshing to escape all the complexities of modernity to the refuge of a guy and Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: Iron & Wine
Bon Iver
His debut reinvented the conventional idea of a guy and his guitar. A falsetto and 3 winter months in a cabin in the woods was what Justin Vernon needed to Continue Reading →
Elliott Smith
Indie music can be busting at the seams with innovation and unique instrumentation. Sometimes it takes a guy and a guitar to realize the mastery that can still be applied Continue Reading →
Fleet Foxes
When you hear the word Folk, you may have a particular artist or picture come to mind. Be it Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell or perhaps a hippie with a guitar Continue Reading →
Iron & Wine
There are artists who pick up an acoustic guitar and pluck away creating nice singer/songwriter tunes and then there is Sam Beam. This former film professor of Miami writes songs Continue Reading →
Band of Horses
An unpretentious rock band seems more likely to be an oxymoron of sorts than a truism, yet somehow Band of Horses inhabits this description with earnest while managing to get Continue Reading →
Antony and the Johnsons
The voice of Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons is hardly conventional, but where some artists veer away from convention for shock and show, Antony is an earnest master Continue Reading →