Best New Bands » Folk music https://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Milk Carton Kids Revue – Largo https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/milk-carton-kids-revue-largo/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/milk-carton-kids-revue-largo/#comments Fri, 15 Nov 2013 15:47:19 +0000 Los Angeles – Lost in the noise of pop, top 40, or whatever indie group happens to be hot at the moment, the quiet harmonies of Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale persevere. Folk/Americana doesn’t get a lot of mileage in the mainstream these days, but it doesn’t matter much. The genre stands as a timeless

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/milk-carton-kids-revue-largo/feed/ 0 BackStory: Tyler Fortier’s “Fear of the Unknown” https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/backstory-tyler-fortiers-fear-of-the-unknown/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/backstory-tyler-fortiers-fear-of-the-unknown/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:00:00 +0000 25-year-old Tyler Fortier is Eugene, Oregon’s go-to man for good, honest folk/rock music – well, that’s the conclusion I’ve come to after watching Fortier perform at Luckey’s Bar and the Whiteaker Block Party. “Fear of the Unknown” is currently in the running for Eugene Weekly’s Next Big Thing contest, and will be featured on one of

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