Articles by Emily Zimmerman

The Flat Five

It's a World of Love and Hope

PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2016

The Flat Five have been playing holiday shows and pick-up gigs for about a decade, but this is the first album recorded by this Chicago sup...

Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker

Overnight

PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2016

On their third full-length release, traditionally influenced English folk duo Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker gently push the boundaries of...

The Mekons

Existentialism

PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2016

The Mekons have been around for nearly 40 years, and for most of that time, they've been evolving into an alt-country band. As a group, and...

Lake Street Dive

Side Pony

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2016

For their first release on Nonesuch Records, Boston-born, Brooklyn-based four-piece Lake Street Dive recorded an album that sounds the oppo...

Freakwater Get Back in the Game with 'Scheherazade'

PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2016

Janet Beveridge Bean and Catherine Irwin have been the backbone of Freakwater since the late '80s. Drawing on their own musical backgrounds...

Freakwater

Scheherazade

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2016

Janet Beveridge Bean and Catherine Irwin have been recording and performing as Freakwater for nearly 30 years. They were some of the first...

The Mekons and Robbie Fulks

Jura

PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2015

So, Bloodshot records label mates Robbie Fulks and (most of) the Mekons went on a tour of Scotland together, stopped off at a tiny fishing...

The Wainwright Sisters Explore Motherhood on 'Songs in the Dark'

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2015

It's a bit of a surprise that Songs in the Dark is the Wainwright Sisters' first collaboration. After all, both Martha Wainwright and her h...