WTMD’s Morning Sessions: The Midwest’s ‘Best’ gets progressive

February 25, 2010 at 3:48 pm by Erik Deatherage
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Artist: Black Fortys Members: Josh Murphy (guitar, vocals), Kevin Ohlau (drums), Carly Lappin (bass), Nathan Doyle (guitar) Hometown: Carbondale, Ill. Sound: Experimental, progressive rock with propulsive percussion Fact: Named “Best College Band” by Rolling ... Read more..

WTMD’s Morning Sessions: Goldspot embraces India’s past

February 18, 2010 at 3:55 pm by Erik Deatherage
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Artist: Goldspot (Siddhartha Khosla supplies vocals and guitars while a revolving cast of studio and live musicians provides the rest.) Hometown: New York Sound: Post-punk meets Pet Sounds-era chamber-pop with a Bollywood ... Read more..

WTMD’s Morning Sessions: Lindell makes it to Edgewood

January 29, 2010 at 5:30 am by Erik Deatherage
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Artist: Eric Lindell Hometown: New Orleans Sound: A hybrid of funk, reggae and Americana with a blues backbone Fact: Lindell also plays in Dragon Smoke with Ivan Neville and Galactic’s Stanton Moore and ... Read more..

WTMD Morning Sessions: Two-for-one songwriter special

January 22, 2010 at 5:00 am by Erik Deatherage
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Artists: Amelia White (above) and Joe Rathbone Hometowns: White hails from Nashville, Tenn. Rathbone cut his musical teeth in Philadelphia but now lives in Arlington, Va. Sounds: White delivers confident Americana-rock with ... Read more..

WTMD’s Morning Sessions: Touring helps Sea Wolf write

December 17, 2009 at 4:36 pm by Erik Deatherage
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Artist: Sea Wolf Members: Alex Brown Church (multi-instrumentalist) and a revolving cast of players Hometown: Los Angeles Sound: Vivid, seasonally inspired folk-noir Fact: Church named his band after the Jack London novel, “The Sea ... Read more..

WTMD’s Morning Sessions: McKeown’s animal instincts

December 10, 2009 at 4:02 pm by Erik Deatherage
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Artist: Erin McKeown Hometown: Fredericksburg, Va. Sound: Experimental elements of vaudeville, chamber pop and folk rock Fact: McKeown studied ethnomusicology at Brown University. Project: Touring in support of her latest album, Hundreds of Lions ... Read more..

WTMD Morning Sessions: No second-guessing with Langhorne Slim

December 3, 2009 at 5:04 pm by Erik Deatherage
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Artist: Langhorne Slim (née Sean Scolnick) Hometown: Langhorne, Pa. Sound: Warm-voiced Americana-folk troubadour Fact: Slim had class at Purchase College, SUNY, with Dan Deacon and Regina Spektor. Project: Touring in support of his new ... Read more..

WTMD’s Morning Sessions: Bastards singer embraces femininity

November 20, 2009 at 7:00 am by Erik Deatherage
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Artist: Heartless Bastards Members: Erika Wennerstrom (vocals, guitar); Dave Colvin (drums); Jesse Ebaugh (bass); Mark Nathan (guitar) Hometown: Dayton, Ohio, but now based in Austin, Texas Sound: Heavy, blues-fueled muscular rock with a ... Read more..

WTMD’s Morning Sessions: The rhythm of Rusted Root

November 6, 2009 at 8:17 am by Erik Deatherage
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Artist: Rusted Root Members: Michael Glabicki, lead vocals, guitar; Liz Berlin, vocals, guitars, percussion; Patrick Norman, vocals, bass, guitar, percussion; Jason Miller, percussion; Colter Harper, guitars; Dirk Miller, guitars; Preach Freedom, ... Read more..

WTMD’s Morning Sessions: Mat Kearney just had to get away

October 23, 2009 at 6:58 am by Erik Deatherage
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Artist: Mat Kearney Hometown: Nashville, by way of Portland, Ore. Sound: Warm, soul-searching, acoustic-based rock with dynamic vocals Fact: Kearney rapped on his last record, Nothing Left to Lose, but dropped the hip-hop ... Read more..