Tagged: dutchessandduke

If the Dutchess is the lean, elegant woman in black tee, and The Duke is the bearded man whose belly stretches his blue tee thin, then who were all the others on stage? Turns out The Dutchess ( Kimberly Morrison) and The Duke (Jesse Lortz) had invited some friends, including members of the Chicago garage-punk band, The Ponys, and a small string section, to join them in presenting their brand of raw, front porch folk. Intimacy and honest, real emotions were key to the success of The Dutchess and The [...]

More than any other year of I Rock Cleveland's Year End Extravaganza Bonanza, the 25 albums compiled in this list represent both the albums which I've personally enjoyed the most, and the albums which I hold in the highest critical regard. There are no consensus picks (Sorry, Fleet Foxes), no popular picks (Sorry, TV on the Radio, I really, really tried this time), and no My Morning Jacket (Sorry dudes, your album was pretty much awful). Instead, you'll find 25 albums of rock, pop, and folk which soundtracked my year, and hopefully, soundtracked much of your year [...]

• Prisonshake - The Cut-Out Bin

I like new. You like new. We all like new, but some times, endlessly chasing new sounds can get rather tedious, and the best new sounds turn out to be the ones that aren't really new at all, and a plain old folk album sounds better than anything coming out of Williamsburg, Baltimore, or any other hipster hot spot. Last year it was the folk duo of Nina Nastasia and Jim White, whose You Follow Me, a simple album of guitar, drums, and voice, put many a cool kid to shame. This year, it's She's The [...]

• The Dutchess & The Duke - Reservoir Park