Indie Folk Archive

  • Songs Of Water – The Sea Has Spoken

    Songs Of Water – The Sea Has Spoken

    No matter what your flavor of folk or world music, you'll probably find something on the new Songs Of Water disc that you'll like. I know that I certainly did.

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    Amazon’s Essential Indie Albums of 2009

    I found a Listmania list on Amazon for the Essential Indie Albums of 2009. Lot of good choices on there (Passion Pit, Dark Was The Night Compilation, Andrew Bird), but also a few that are kind of “meh” in my mind. Check out the list,...

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    Video – Blind Pilot on CNN

    Indie band Blind Pilot plays a song on CNN Live, and then speaks briefly about touring the West Coast on bicycle.

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    What Is Indie Music?

    In popular music, independent music, often generally abbreviated as “indie”, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing. – Wikipedia I was having a conversation the other day about where exactly the...

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  • Josh Threlkeld

    Josh Threlkeld

    Smart, sweet, poetic, vivid lyrics make Memphis-based singer/songwriter Josh Threlkeld's music stand out from your run-of-the-mill dude with a guitar.

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  • Where’s The Sun – Family Of The Year

    Where’s The Sun – Family Of The Year

    With their new EP, Where's The Sun on the market on September 22, Family Of The Year is bound to make a big splash in the indie folk genre.

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  • Jessica Lea Mayfield

    Jessica Lea Mayfield

    Jessica Lea Mayfield brings a grit and sultriness to folk that date well beyond her 19 years.

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  • Happy Canada Day, eh?

    Happy Canada Day, eh?

    Three artists for you to check out today, and they are all from Canada in honor of Canada Day. 1. Metric – female-fronted band, kind of reminiscent of the 90s chic-rock movement. Here’s Monster Hospital by Metric. 2. Broken Social Scene – Unless you’ve been...

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