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Artist Spotlight – Protomartyr

Protomartyr frontman Joe Casey had lost his father from a heart attack and his mother from Alzheimer’s yet he still decided to start a band with no musical background with his friends the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy. The band has produced three post punk albums in three years. Casey’s foggy vocals […]

Artist Spotlight – Mount Moriah

Last Friday, Mount Moriah debuted their third album How to Dance off of Merge Records.  Many of the tracks hint to vocalist/guitarist, Heather McEntire, coming out of her depression. However, there are other notes of being an outcast and misunderstood.  There are also influences of mythology and metaphysics since the band spent some time going to […]

Logging Road Session – Ty Segall & Cory Hanson

In the latest Logging Road Session, Ty Segall and Cory Hanson of Wand collaborate for an acoustic performance on the trails of Pickathon. We are so excited to have Ty back this year for his third Pickathon!

Lucky Barn Series – William Tyler

  “I started playing, when I was very young, with a band called Lambchop…That just shifted my whole attitude about music..It was like bootcamp in a cerebral indie rock band.” – William Tyler Read more about the last Lucky Barn episode of the season at The Bluegrass Situation.

Artist Spotlight – Jeff Tweedy

After releasing the last Grammy nominated Wilco album, Star Wars, Jeff Tweedy has been touring non-stop with his band.  Tweedy recently played an NPR Tiny Desk Session and serenaded Stephen Colbert to sleep.   In an interview with The Guardian, Tweedy describes that a new album will be out this year that might include a political track by Woody […]

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