Horse Feathers News and Photos

Mire Kay – A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

Mon, April 08 2013 7:14am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

We are three full months into 2013 and the temperature in London has barely lifted itself into double figures all year.

Favorites of 2012 - RFSL Staff Edition, Part 1 Albums

Tue, January 15 2013 4:10pm - Source: Radio Free Silver Lake

Earlimart came out with their first record in four years and System Preferences turned out to be an album filled with all the passion, beauty and lush melodies that keep them among my favorite bands.

Brooklyn’s Kings Marry Country Music With Gay Pride

Mon, September 17 2012 8:25pm - Source: Pop Dose

Country music fans sure love to wave their flags, from Old Glory and the Southern Cross to the checkered flag of NASCAR.

Book Notes - Pauls Toutonghi "Evel Knievel Days"

Mon, August 13 2012 7:16pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

Music We Like: Best of 2012 So Far (Part 1)

Wed, July 11 2012 4:15am - Source: Radio Free Silver Lake

I was wandering from the party on the back patio toward the exit when the sound of this lovely chamber/baroque ensemble stopped me dead in my tracks.

Horse Feathers: Cynic's New Year

Wed, May 09 2012 10:35am - Source: Prefix Magazine

Time was when folksy, bearded fellows fingerpicking their beat-up acoustic guitars were a dime a dozen.

Horse Feathers: Cynic's New Year

Wed, April 25 2012 5:31am - Source: Pitchfork Media

Musically and geographically, Justin Ringle is far removed from the Appalachian region that birthed so many of his folk forebears.

Rustic Resolutions

Wed, April 18 2012 11:57pm - Source: The Portland Mercury

ON THE ACCIDENTALLY inspirational folk hymn "So Long" from Horse Feathers' new album Cynic's New Year , bandleader and songwriter Justin Ringle focuses on two poignant themes—the evolution of perspective about one's own aging, and its ultimate necessity.

Album Review: Horse Feathers – Cynic’s New Year

Tue, April 17 2012 12:12pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

It's unfortunate that Horse Feathers ' Justin Ringle never gets lumped in with the rest of the indie folk A-list, among names like Robin Pecknold, Justin Vernon, or Sam Beam. The four records of breezy, ramshackle Americana he's released with the Portland outfit have been every bit as good as second-tier folk acts such as Bowerbirds and, at their best, have graced a similar strata of rustic beauty that's been the trademark of bands like Fleet Foxes.

Horse Feathers :: Lagniappe Sessions (Tim Hardin / Bruce Springsteen)

Mon, April 16 2012 11:24pm - Source: Aquarium Drunkard

An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2.

Shorties (The Phantom Tollbooth, Alabama Shakes, and more)

Mon, April 09 2012 2:26pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer talk to CBS Sunday Morning about crafting their classic book The phantom Tollbooth.

Concert Review: First Aid Kit and Peggy Sue @ Union Transfer 3/31

Tue, April 03 2012 5:15pm - Source: Music Under Fire

The Swedish Sisters that compose the indie/Americana duo First Aid Kit hit Union Transfer Saturday night March 31st, and they absolutely blew me away.

Horse Feathers Returns to Ann Arbor's Ark...

Sat, March 31 2012 10:00pm - Source: The Lone Microphone

Horse Feathers , led by singer-songwriter Justin Ringle and longtime collaborator, violinist Nathan Crockett, broadens their sonic palette on Cynic's New Year to include 11 musicians playing instruments including drums, French horn, piano, bells, upright bass and banjo.

MusicNOW 2012: Wednesday Night Preview

Mon, March 26 2012 2:43pm - Source: Each Note Secure

It's spring in Cincinnati and that almost always means one thing, the MusicNOW festival.

SXSW 2012: 25 Festival Favorites

Thu, March 22 2012 12:06pm - Source: The Rawking Refuses To Stop!

SXSW 2012 was, as expected, the best week imaginable.

2012 Nelsonville Music Festival lineup includes Iron & Wine, M. Ward, Roky Erickson, Dawes, Kurt Vile, Dark Dark Dark and more

Mon, February 13 2012 5:15pm - Source: donewaiting.com

Full release: NELSONVILLE, Ohio- Stuart's Opera House is thrilled to announce the lineup for this year's 8th annual Nelsonville Music Festival on May 18-20 at Robbins Crossing on the campus of Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio.

Saturday Night Live at Lincoln Hall

Sat, January 21 2012 9:02pm - Source: MOG

Just write the songs that have to be written, play them for anybody who will listen, tour as if you had no home.

Fionn Regan - 100 Acres of Sycamore

Tue, August 16 2011 8:28am - Source: The Four Oh Five

Throughout Irish singer-songwriter Fionn Regan 's journey of musical discovery, each of his three albums have taken a different form as if he is getting a backlog of styles out of his system.