PHOTOSYNTHESIS is songs. They come on CDs and in digital files that you can download from the internet. Sometimes there are these performance things that are done using a microphone and a computer. Don’t come to these...

Per listener request, today’s selection comes from the Los Angeles based solo project “The Orphan Factory” off the “Sketches, Demoes and Skeletons” collection. ‘Chinese Water Torture [For...

Hark! Three incredible groups are coming to one epic local LA venue, this Tuesday evening (5/13), starting at 9pm sharp. Friend and classy wordsmith of “The Black Watch”, John, told me that his band will be...

Olaus is a guitarist and songwriter who hails from the Chicagoland area and has been writing and performing since before the turn of the millenia. His current full-length album, Abort, features a wide array of songwriting...

After a two month turbulent voyage, we believe we’ve located a safespot to service the battle-scarred Insomnia Submariner, and have surfaced to bring you some chanteys from the musicians we’ve collected along our...

[audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/irchicagospotlight-rueroyale.mp3] This special show I spotlight on a Folk-Pop duo from Chicago. Rue Royale is the name of this duo, Brookln and Ruth Dekker. They have recently...

This episode has some of the best Acoustic Folk Rock the midwest has to offer! Enjoy! Set List Dreams Aren’t Made Here – Rebecca Rego Bad News – Owen Seven Minutes in Heaven – Valentine My Shoes...

When selecting and listening to the tracks contained in this episode, it became crystal clear that this music begs not to be interrupted. As such, there’s very little commentary from me. Looking back, I also find it...

When selecting and listening to the tracks contained in this episode, it became crystal clear that this music begs not to be interrupted. As such, there’s very little commentary from me. Looking back, I also find it...

This session has a French title although it was probably butchered by the Babel Fish free translator to mean something completely offensive. In a perfect world it should roughly translate to ‘Female Musicians of...

Presenting a somewhat wide cross-section of the LA music scene, ‘This is the City’ brings us several tracks from a cadre of talented artists with new undiscovered music to share with the world. Fishbone returns...

We’ve got an assortment of superb tracks for you in this session, starting with a blast of rock-oxygen from the Kristin Hersh fronted group, 50 Foot Wave, and ending on a jazzy tear jerker, “Yours” from LA...

Welcome back for episode #2 of the SoCal Sessions. We’ve got five more great LA based (and related) artists in this new session that might help you conjure up the imagery of a less developed California. The title of...

Benjamin Stockwell is a folk slash country slash acoustic singer and songwriter in Minneapolis. His debut album is called ‘Love More’, and this song can be found for free at his website below. (Formerly posted here in...