Blog: The Rawking Refuses To Stop!

In the absence of a new Feist album this year (or better, a New Buffalo full-length), the dearth of wry, catchy female folk-pop is beginning to grow as cold and crushing as the oncoming winter. Enter Yael Meyer , a Los Angeles singer-songwriter whose sparkling arrangements and lilting voice raise her above the Hotel Cafe crowd to the air staked out by a certain one-named Canadian. Meyer's been absent since 2004's Common Ground , making her new Heartbeat EP, out this week, an even more welcome release. The title track is a somber but [...]

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