Album Stream: William Elliott Whitmore - Field Songs
While William Elliott Whitmore's record won't be out in stores until July 12, you can stream his entire album here this week. read more
Found in: Featured AudioFourth Annual Reeperbahn Festival Boasts International Lineup
If you're over Oktoberfest or just looking for an excuse to explore a different part of Germany, head over to Hamburg at the end of September for the Reeperbahn Festival, the three-night festival that brings 170 acts to 20 different clubs in the same city that launched Beatlemania more than 40 years ago. ... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsArtist of the Week: William Elliott Whitmore
William Elliott Whitmore needed a change of pace. After concluding his Southern Records trilogy, a series of albums steeped in country-folk and Delta blues variants... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesWilliam Elliott Whitmore to tour with City and Colour
Multi-instrumental blues vocalist William Elliott Whitmore is taking to the road during the month before the release of his sixth album. Animals in the Dark, due Feb. 17, is Whitmore's ANTI- Records debut.... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsWilliam Elliott Whitmore
William Elliott Whitmore is a 28-year-old punk who cradles his banjo and acoustic guitar in tattoo-scrawled arms. But if you didn’t know better, you’d think his voice belonged to some gritty old bastard with a longtime two-pack-a-day habit and an intimate relationship with Jack Daniels. Whitmore’s simple arrangements—often just vocals over banjo or guitar—and introspective lyrics (“Don’t alter my altar / Don’t desecrate my shrine / My church is in the water / My home is underneath the shady pines,” Whitmore rasps wearily but firmly in “One Man’s Shame”) make for a stripped-down sound that’s personal and endearingly pure. ... read more
Found in: Music, Reviews
