folk

Marc Gunn: St. Patrick Never Drank

March 17th – St Patrick’s Day. Marc Gunn’s song will tell you something you might not know about “The Patron Saint of Beer” Irish and Scottish folk singer/songwriter with a strange affinity for Celtic ballads, drinking songs and cats. Celtic…

The Lovely Sparrows: Year of the Dog

Austin’s ‘The Lovely Sparrows’ blend lush, complex arrangements with sing-along choruses that bring to mind glorious folk-inflected pop and well-written novellas. They self-released a 7inch single in 2005 then followed with an EP, Pulling Up Floors, Pouring on New (Paint)…

IR: UK #58 – What The Folk?

For one week only, Insomnia Radio: UK leaves its assumed Indie Roots, and takes on an Acoustic, Folk and Folk Rock mantle. Actually, I enjoyed putting this together, and might do another some time. Or another single genre episode. [audio:]…

Peasant: The Wind

From the small working class community of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Peasant is the pseudonym for Damien DeRose, a talented singer-songwriter specializing in his own beautifully haunting yet minimalistic style of indie folk. Peasant released the sophomore album ‘On the Ground’ earlier…