Sounds Good: Albums for snowy days
As inches of snow drape over the Quad-Cities, these albums are a fireplace.
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As inches of snow drape over the Quad-Cities, these albums are a fireplace.
The Hackles will release their third studio album, What a beautiful thing I have made, on April 7th on Jealous Butcher Records. The Hackles are
Horse Feathers at Volcanic Horse Feathers, and its re-imagined string ensemble of seasoned players are returning to the road in the spring of 2022 in support of an April, Kill Rock Stars re-issue of the 2008 breakthrough release “House With No Home.” Justin Ringle and longtime violinist Nathan Crockett will be backed by new additions of upright bass (Luke Ydstie: The Hackles, Blind Pilot), banjo (Kati Claborn: The Hackles, Blind Pilot) and violin (Halli Anderson: River Whyless). The group will be performing selections from “House With No Home” as well as old favorites, ...
Justin Ringle talks about the evolving band and its 'House With No Home' reissue
Horse Feathers I don’t know if any folk act sounds like the Pacific Northwest more than Horse Feathers. The songs from troubadour Justin Ringle’s Portland-based band tap into the roots of pure folk, but his voice and arrangements do so as if lost in the heavy fog hanging amid a forest of pines. It’s soft banjo-infused beauty with a seasonal affective disorder. In April, Horse Feathers plans to reissue a remastered version of its lovely 2008 Kill Rock Stars debut House with No Home, so longtime fans should expect plenty of old favorites when the group makes a stop for a calmin...