Sam Phillips - Don’t Do Anything

Sam Phillips
Don’t Do Anything
Nonesuch

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With Don’t Do Anything, Sam Phillips‘ third album for Nonesuch Records, the songwriter has again made an album to become awestruck by. Read more

Katie Herzig - Apple Tree

Katie Herzig
Apple Tree
Marion-Lorraine Records

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I was extremely pleased when I learned that Nashville based songwriter, Katie Herzig had a new album on the horizon a couple of months ago. Her previous releases, 2004’s Watch Them Fall and 2006’s Weightless, are beauties to behold and I anticipated that her latest, Apple Tree, would be of the same vein. And I was right. Read more

Your Mom Had Groupies

I love creative thinkers.

Michelle Schwartz has spearheaded what I think is an awesome way to protest. Infuriated by Canadian Club Whisky’s recent ad campaign depicting dated pictures of men with slogans like “Your Mom Wasn’t Your Dad’s First,” and “Your Father Wasn’t A Metrosexual,” Schwartz has embarked on her own version of the posters, encorporating images of music’s most influential women as a way to fight back.

Below is Womenfolk’s contribution to Schwartz’s idea. Although my choices in artists are not necessarily obscure ones, I think they still fit well.

Be sure to check out Scwartz’s site to read more about the project and how you can submit your own version.

Angels & Innocence

Baltimore-based singer-songwriter Lisa Cerbone has been recording music since the mid-90’s, releasing a string of albums that effortlessly seem to convey rich emotion. Read more

Rachael Sage - Chandelier

Rachael Sage
Chandelier
MPress Records

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Seeming never to rest for very long, Rachael Sage has released her eighth studio album in Chandelier, a thirteen track affair that finds the songwriter penning songs that shine the spotlight on intense, but troubled relationships and introspection and delivered with her usual sweet and smart pop sensibilities. Read more

Lex Land

It’s astonishing to me how truly talented Lex Land seems to be. At only 21, the Los Angeles-based artist has created an album of pure beauty; a fantastic mix of honey-sweet folk and dense, beat-driven folk-rock. Read more