Alexa Woodward plays the banjo. Which automatically gets her labeled as some type of Appalachian throwback. But her music is too layered, eclectic, and cerebral to be categorized as old timey folk of that particular variety. For instance on a number of songs from her new record It's A Good Life... you'll hear cello, odd percussion, and deep rich bass. However, thematically the songs do tend to lend themselves to a more folkish bent. For example allusions to nature, spirits, and loneliness abound on the song "Darkest Days". [...]
day two of my little series of YNM management artists brings us to alexa woodward (and her banjo). her appalachian-influenced americana tunes have a certain haunting characteristic, and i can almost picture myself sitting on some breezy front porch in west virginia listening to her 2009 release, speck . a good one-word summary would be "melancholy". the gal and her banjo really draw you in, with striking harmonies and various folksy instruments guiding you along the way. if that wasn't enough, her songwriting skills are nothing short of fantastic. the album is an overall great listen, and [...]
head over to www.laundromatinee.com to check out a few really nice recent video sessions, including the banjo picking appalachian americana stylin gs of alexa woodward , and the harped up folk songs of AA bondy . here's a taste...check out the site for more...
There's double bill coming to Toronto that should appeal to anyone who likes mature roots songwriting and great voices. On November 20th Toronto resident Annie Crane and NYC's Alexa Woodward pull in to play The Cameron House. To get you in the mood, I've got a video from each artist. Check out Crane's twangy "Pennsylvania": ...and Woodward's "Darkest Days": Annie Crane's Myspace Alexa
Many of Alexa Woodward's banjo-driven folk songs slowly slink like fog down from the Appalachian mountains and hills of Virgina and wrap your soul in melancholy. Woodward's 2009 release, Speck , is full of subtle textures and well-matched harmonies that support interesting and well-written narratives. Eleanor , a new track not included on Speck , is just a wee-bit more pop-friendly than what we've heard previously from Woodward. Alexa will perform at [...]
Alexa Woodward, featured last night on Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance", is a great Americana/Folk artist with a tour stop in Louisville on Thursday, November 23rd. You have two ways to see her play on Monday, November 23rd in Louisville Free Show - 6PM - EarX-tacy $6 - 8PM - Skull Alley w/ Eremy-JIrvin & the Free=ends, Justin Lewis, and Elam Abraham Blackman She'll also be featured on WFPK at 2PM! Check out her music HERE . Free tickets and signed albums giveaway: email keldri20@yahoo.com to [...]
eremy•JIrvin, who you may know as Jeremy Irvin of Second Story Man has branched out on his solo endeavor , in a not so solitary manner. Embracing a musical dogma that includes a rotating cast of musical friends (The Free=ends), Irvin explores the idea of allowing his songs to guide themselves, turning each performance over to the innovation of the group as a whole. Ultimately eremy•JIrvin's vision rings true to the origin of organic folk music, music for and by the people. At November 23rd's performance at [...]
eremy•JIrvin, who you may know as Jeremy Irvin of Second Story Man has branched out on his solo endeavor , in a not so solitary manner. Embracing a musical dogma that includes a rotating cast of musical friends (The Free=ends), Irvin explores the idea of allowing his songs to guide themselves, turning each performance over to the innovation of the group as a whole. Ultimately eremy•JIrvin's vision rings true to the origin of organic folk music, music for and by the people. At November 23rd's performance at [...]
Appalachia rooted, but New York based Americana artist, Alexa Woodward, brings her nation-wide tour to Louisville November 23rd accompanied by Knoxville folk singer Elam Blackman. Woodward and Blackman begin their stop with an in store performance at Ear X-Tacy at 6pm followed by a later set at Skull Alley with Louisville natives Justin Lewis and eremy • JIrvin. With a bit of Americana and a bit of folk, Alexa Woodward braids the framework of her story by utilizing her illuminating voice and calculated banjo; unfurling her listeners into a beautifully melodic world laced in reverie. Woodward has been [...]
Kat Edmonson - Just One Of Those Things (mp3) * "Kittenish" jazz singer covers Cole Porter. From Kat Edmonson's new album Take To The Sky , on which she successfully covers everyone from The Cure and The Cardigans to Gershwin and Lennon. *mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of Shore Fire Media Buy @ Amazon ***** Alexa Woodward - Spoon (mp3) * Unusually pretty, melodic banjo ballad from Woodward's new album Speck . Recommended [...]
1. Sharon Van Etten - "For You" Download: http://loudfeed.s3.amazonaws.c om/assets/17398/sharon_van_ett en_for_you.mp3 2. Alexa Woodard - "Spoon" Download: http://www.piratepirate.com/mp 3s/AlexaWoodwardSpoon.mp3 3. Sarah Winchester - "Raft" Download: http://library.team-love.com/l ib/nekd/01%20Raft.mp3
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Alexa Woodward : "Spoon" [mp3] other Alexa Woodward posts at Largehearted Boy Clues : "Remember Severed Head" [mp3] from Clues other Clues posts at Largehearted Boy Kennedy : "John & Yoko (featuring Yelle)" [mp3] from Life Is a Party [...]
Here are some of the better tracks that have made our ears sit up and take notice this week.The Warlocks have long been a favourite of ours, and although we equally like the Black Angels, these guys appear to be mining from a similar seam of reverb drenched, heavy rock psychedelia without anything like the same level of recognition. Hopefully that will change with their latest album Mirror
Alexa Woodward is leaving her career in law for the banjo. She's taking it all on the road too. For the next three months, Alexa will be touring through the US in a 1984 VW bus in support of her new album, Speck. The Speck Tour will take Alexa across the United States between May and [...]
It's a bank holiday weekend in England so here's a bonanza of tracks that have hit the Devil's inbox over the past week or so... First up a new track Black Moth Super Rainbow's new album 'Eating Us' . .. MP3 - Black Moth Super Rainbow - Twin Of Myself If anyone from the IFPI is reading this tracks is published with the permission of Shorefire so please [...]
Someone We Think You Should Know: We are very proud to share the music of Alexa Woodward today with you. Woodward, 27, has a gorgeous voice. With her banjo and voice alone, she is making some of the most elegant, soft and beautiful Americana/Urban Folk music we have heard in a good while. A New York native, she vows to release her new album Speck here in Boston. (Just another great reason to check her out!) [...]
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