“Dance We Do” single release by Annie Dressner

Annie Dress­ner unveiled her lat­est sin­gle Dance We Do on Jan­u­ary 12th. She has simul­ta­ne­ous­ly announced her upcom­ing album, “I Thought It Would be Eas­i­er,” slat­ed for release on April 5th via Dhar­ma Records. Dance We Do delves into the com­plex­i­ties of try­ing to gauge a par­tic­u­lar love inter­est’s feel­ings; the song dwells on Annie’s…

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Suzie Ungeleider reveals new video

Suzie Ungelei­der has just released a new track called Baby Blues from her upcom­ing album My Name is Suzie Unger­lei­der. Fans of Amer­i­cana will be famil­iar with Suzie’s for­mer per­sona – she per­formed in the guise of Oh Susan­na for many years, and has toured the UK, with sold out shows at Lon­don’s 100 Club…

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American hope: Hiss Golden Messenger ‘Sanctuary’

The song Sanc­tu­ary was writ­ten and record­ed with a mes­sage of hope; for­tu­nate­ly many of those prayers have just been answered, giv­ing its lyrics an added cel­e­bra­to­ry note.  North Car­oli­na folk band Hiss Gold­en Mes­sen­ger, with M.C. Tay­lor at the helm, has pro­duced a warm and beau­ti­ful slice of Amer­i­cana in this atmos­pher­i­cal­ly rich num­ber. Sanctuary…

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The Felice Brothers play The Garage in Highbury

“I saw The Felice Broth­ers at the 100 Club, back in the day, with Simone Felice. They were amaz­ing. Lots of us got up and danced on stage with the band, it was a bit of a par­ty.” If that was a top Felice Broth­ers moment – expe­ri­enced not by me sad­ly, but by my com­pan­ion for tonight’s gig – this one at The…

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