The three women of Sometymes Why are also singers with other bands: Aoife O'Donovan (Crooked Still), Kristin Andreassen (Uncle Earl) and Ruth Ungar Merenda (The Mammals). This is from Your Heart is a Glorious Machine, their second album, released earlier this year. MP3 File yousendit

photo: Tom Krueger Deceptive sweetness rules supreme on Your Heart is a Glorious Machine , the new album by Sometymes Why , an all female folk "super" group from NYC. Kristin Andreassen , Ruth Ungar Merenda and Aoife O'Donovan , were all enjoying success with their own groups when they first teamed up in 2006 and released a self-titled album. The follow-up, Your Heart is a Glorious Machine , finds them exploring the outskirts of traditional folk mashed with bluegrass and a bit of bluesy [...]

It's been quite a while since our last installment of our popular (Re)Covered series, in which we revisit previous posts through the new and noteworthy. But a growing collection of stunning apres -post reader submissions and a mailbox full of new upcoming works from previously-featured musicians cry out to be shared, and we're long overdue. Without further ado, here's some new covertracks and newly-found folk favorites worthy of your attention. We've celebrated Kristin Andreassen , Ruth Merenda , [...]

The Concrete Blond song "Joey" should probably be left well enough alone. It's such a heart-rending song that I think it can only been done justice by the cigarette and whiskey ravaged voice of lead singer Johnette Napolitano. To try to make it into a song with beautiful harmonies and gently strummed guitars is really missing the point. The women in Sometymes Why (members of Uncle Earl, the Mammals, and Crooked Still) may have a fine record on their hands but it's hard be too excited after hearing this song. The new record, [...]