Today’s lush nine-minute rewarding tale “Life is a Book” comes from the beautiful Dec 2015 LP release “Post-Americana” by Olympia Washington five piece folktronica band, SAWOOTH. The group has...

“Across the Dark” is the fifth full length release from Toronto CAN band, THE WILDERNESS OF MANITOBA, released on September 15th of this past year. This full release would definitely fit onto last years best...

Venice Beach, CA based band THE MORNING YELLS evolved from the brother-sister duo Phil and Lu (Phil and Laura Stancil), and released their debut album “Mood Rock” in late 2016. The siblings, who have been playing...

Baltimore based indie folk artist Leticia VanSant & The Bonafides first released their single ‘Rising Tide‘ in August of 2013, before it made its way onto her 2015 LP, ‘Parts &...

Startup record label and environmental coalition Underwater Panther Coalition are excited to present their debut release, Trophic Cascade, the new LP from New York (via Ontario) artist Matthew O’Neill. Fourteen eclectic...

“Austin duo Beth // James‘ debut EP, ‘All In Life’, is the product of two award winning musicians, Jordan Burchill and Mikaela Kahn. Their original songs and startling musicianship pick up where...

Skin & Bones is a folk duo comprised of Taylor Borsuk and Peter Blackwelder who met at an ill-fitting house show after Peter had moved to California from North Carolina. The americana influenced group started their...

The latest inspired single “Promised Land” from St. Louis-based Americana artist Beth Bombara was issued recently on March 5th. It’s the first soulful and spirited effort off her forthcoming self-titled...

Today’s featured artist is Calgary, Alberta singer-songwriter Cam Penner and a track from his fifth quality effort, ‘To Build a Fire’. ‘Memphis’ is the sixth song on this stellar 10 song...

Detroit Michigan’s BLUE MTN BELLE have released their self-titled four song indie-folk flavored EP this past March, apparently inspired by Bukowski, antique furniture, and the wild west, with production work performed...

Bradenton, Florida’s indie folk-rock band HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL are releasing their fourth full-length album “Fiction, Fact or Folktale?”, this September 10th through This Is American Music. The new album...

Tuesday’s featured track, “The Sound of Law” comes from Daughn Gibson’s July 9th release, Me Moan, featuring guest appearances by John Baizley (of Baroness) and Jim Elkington (of...

Today’s feature come off the new Nashville band, Great Peacock’s self-titled debut EP ; out March 5, 2013 through This Is American Music. Instead of trying to live in a long-gone past, Great Peacock draws from...

Some things are meant to the enjoyed with a little build, and so it goes with the full version of the track from the debut album of Montreal’s “The Barr Brothers”. While the radio cutdown is nice, its...

Since 2007 American Babies has been the mouthpiece for Philadelphia based musician Tom Hamilton. After spending the early 2000s building a national fan base fronting the electro-rock band Brothers Past, releasing two...

Talented South African folk artist Laurie Levine heads to the UK at the end of the November, playing songs from her latest release ‘Six Winters’ that launched in that region on November 5th. She first emerged on...

In June this Bloomington Indiana based band signed up for their first album with Bloodshot Records, their sixth full length in the quickly growing and maturing catalog. The album was apparently funded on Kickstarter and...

Since 2003, Illinois-based singer-songwriter Dan Hubbard has released five albums and toured extensively through the Midwest and both coasts. In the process, he’s built a strong fan base, become a refined songwriter and...

Shortly after their high school graduation, the members of Harlan Pepper took their music on the road, writing new songs and using good ole grassroots promotion to spread the word of their new album “Young and...

Great Lakes upcoming album Ways of Escape (October 12th, 2010) finds singer Ben Crum assuming the role of chief songwriter for the band’s 4th full length. Along for the alt-country tinged ride are a bevy of talented...

Portland, Oregon’s Pancake Breakfast to release a hootenanny of a debut record, revealing an exploration into baroque-pop truck stop goodness – OCTOBER 19th! Times are hard. Folks want to see and hear something...

Quintessentially midwestern (well, they are from Lawrence, KS, and list Paul Westerberg as an inspiration), the songs THE BELLES have put together are honest and charming. And captivating. With renewed interest in the group...

It was nice to receive the full album from Phoenix, Arizona’s THE WORRYMEN this past month, especially with a track whose name correlated with my alma matter’s mascot, the ‘Matador’. The album has a...

DOWNLOAD | iTUNES | ZUNE (1-Click) |RSS FEED [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/ir172.mp3] This week Insomnia Radio brings you a varied soundtrack to life, ranging from melancholy to beautiful to straight ahead rock...

DOWNLOAD | iTUNES | ZUNE (1-Click) | RSS FEED  [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/ir169b.mp3] Every other Monday we’ll do something a little different on the IR feed. Let’s call this one a “Side...

Featured on Insomnia Radio #169 – we loved ’em so much, we’re giving away 5 copies of their upcoming full length “Lost Souls Like Us.” Listen to the front end of the audio for details. (Hint:...

The Title track from their Album just released on Leading Brand Records Evoking images of desert plains and ghost towns, the music of The Famous is like swallowing hard liquor — a raw, scorching blast of...

DOWNLOAD | iTUNES | ZUNE (1-Click) |RSS FEED [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/ir169.mp3] From “Studio A” in San Luis Obispo, Jason shocks the world (and himself!) by deciding on a permanent format after...

After putting out two records under the name taught the rabbits – “one but just another” (2002) & “mallet and watch” (2005) – Adam Faucett...

Josh Hall is a prolific enigma.

Out of the fifty odd groups I saw in Texas this last March, Blitzen Trapper certainly earned itself a well fought best-in-show on my swollen showcase spreadsheet. The picture I took here is from their performance at the...

Roosting in North Carolina, the trio of Bowerbirds recently signed to their favorite US record label Dead Oceans, home to bands such as Dirty Projectors, White Hinterland, Evangelicals, Citay, Phosphorescent, and Bishop...