AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SARAHJANE GIBSON OF STREETS OF LAREDO
interview by Michael McCarthy On October 21st folk rockers Streets of Laredo will release their sophomore album, WILD, via Dine Alone Records. The album is a spectacular set of tunes rich in...
View Article#songoftheday = SAM LEVIN: “HIDE AND SEEK”
"Hide and Seek" by Sam Levin is a wonderful folk-tronic tune that mixes acoustic guitars and electronic beats with vocals that split the difference between pop and folk. There's a playful element to...
View Article#songoftheday = AUNI: “THE RIVER”
With all of the different ways to discover new music these days, it's not very hard to find a great song. Finding one so beautiful that it gives you goosebumps, however, can be rather difficult. Well,...
View ArticleSPECIAL SUNDAY #SONGOFTHEDAY: ANGUS & JULIA STONE: “SNOW”
Brother and sister duo Angus & Julia Stone continue to take one's breath away with their new single, "Snow," which feels a lot more like summer than its namesake. The overall ambiance of the...
View ArticleSTREAM, STREAM AWAY: AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MEGAN DAVIES
interview by Michael McCarthy Several years ago, Megan Davies opened a Youtube account and posted a video of herself doing an experimental, classical guitar piece. It didn’t get many streams, but she...
View ArticleA TALE OF TWO SISTERS: AN INTERVIEW WITH REBECCA AND MEGAN LOVELL, A.K.A....
interview by Michael McCarthy “Black flowers grow in a garden / I put them all in my vase,” sings Rebecca Lovell on “Freedom,” one of the most powerful songs on Peach, the new album by sister duo...
View Article#CONCERT REVIEW: GABRIELLE APLIN, HUDSON TAYLOR & JOHN SPLITHOFF AT THE...
review and photos by Michael McCarthy This past Saturday night, 2/24/18, I had the opportunity to check out the English pop/folk singer/songwriter Gabrielle Aplin in concert for the first time at The...
View Article#songoftheday = FREEDOM FRY –“CLASSIC”
International duo Freedom Fry's "Classic" is one of those wonderful, feel-good songs that just about anyone can fall in love with. I understand they consider themselves alt-folk, but to me, they...
View ArticleIRELAND ON THE LINE: AN INTERVIEW WITH HARRY HUDSON TAYLOR
interview by Michael McCarthy Hudson Taylor, the duo comprised of Harry and Alfie Hudson Taylor, is not easy to pin down. As I said in the first question below, I hear so many genres all at once when I...
View Article#songoftheday / #amlistening = FREEDOM FRY: “DIE TRYIN”
Parisian-born Marie Seyrat calls herself a jerk in the lyrics to "Die Tryin," a song about how you can try to "get" someone -- to figure them out or relate to them -- and it can seem impossible....
View ArticleDIGGING DEEP: AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH SARAH MCQUAID
Interview by Michael McCarthy Photos of Sarah by Phil Nicholls (www.philnicholls.co.uk) Sarah McQuaid is fast becoming a legendary folk artist in England, although her career began in Ireland. She...
View ArticleTAKE TWO REDUX: OUR 2ND INTERVIEW WITH LARKIN POE, SISTER DUO EXTRAORDINAIRE
interview by Michael McCarthy Roughly a year ago, during November of 2017, I interviewed the soulful sisters Megan and Rebecca Lovell, otherwise known as Larkin Poe, about their exquisite sophomore...
View Article#songoftheday / #amlistening = VANESSA PARADIS: “CES MOTS SIMPLES”
"CES MOTS SIMPLES," the beautiful new single by Vanessa Paradis, translates as "these simple words." The video of Vanessa swinging with water below her, which she dips her tip-toes in, is rather...
View Article#songoftheday / #amlistening = LICK NEON: “SLIP”
Lick Neon has been gathering quite the following from playing basements and bars around their home city (and Love is Pop's nearest big city) of Boston, but since their adorable folk-pop song "Slip"...
View ArticleALWAYS A PLEASURE: OUR 4TH INTERVIEW WITH DOE PAORO
interview by Michael McCarthy Between the intros for our previous three interviews and the live show and album reviews I’ve done covering Doe Paoro and her wonderful music, I feel like I’ve written...
View ArticleBOSTON BOUND: AN INTERVIEW WITH ALFIE OF HUDSON TAYLOR
interview by Michael McCarthy I first encountered the music of Ireland’s hugely popular duo Hudson Taylor when I caught them opening for Gabrielle Aplin a year ago this month. I’d been a big fan of...
View Article#songoftheday / #amlistening = DOE PAORO: “SILVER SPRINGS”
It's no secret that singer/songwriter Doe Paoro is one of my favorite artists. If you frequent this site, you undoubtedly know that I regularly interview her. So, it should come as no surprise that...
View ArticleTODAY WAS A GOOD DAY: AN INTERVIEW WITH LUCY SPRAGGAN
interview by Michael McCarthy Lucy Spraggan hails from the UK and she’s one of the most talented songwriters I’ve ever come to know. In all honesty, her lyrics are brilliant and I can’t think of...
View ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: MARIELLE KRAFT WITH VISITING WINE – CITY WINERY 7/19/19
by Michael McCarthy Last Friday night on July 19th, 2019, I caught Marielle Kraft with opening act Visiting Wine at City Winery in Boston, Massachusetts. It was a great night and I have to start off by...
View Article#songoftheday / #amlistening = DOE PAORO: “MIDNIGHT CHOIR”
"We're never-ending," sings the always impressive singer/songwriter Doe Paoro as the chorus of her inspiring new song "Midnight Choir" comes to its finish, her voice sounding like that of an angel...
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