Black Prairie

Old 97's frontman Rhett Miller is releasing a new solo album called The Traveler on May 12 via ATO. For the recording, he was backed (aka most of The Decemberists except Colin Meloy), and the record also features guitar work from R...

Sasquatch! Music Festival is returning for two weekends in 2014 to The Gorge in Quincy, Washington, and the lineups (which are different both weekends) have just been announced...

Wesley Stace (who used to go by his stage name John Wesley Harding, but is now using his real name) is set to release a new album, Self-Titled, on September 7 via Yep Rec Records...

Chris Funk vs Jim James staring contest (via BrooklynVegan Instagram) The Newport Folk Festival went down in Rhode Island over the weekend with sets from Beck, Father John Misty (who also played Terminal 5), Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (who plays NYC tonight), Phosphorescent, Feist, Cold Specks, and more...

The Decemberists in Austin in 2011 (more by Tim Griffin) It's been a while since we've heard from The Decemberists, but the band's members are still finding ways to keep busy...

The Polyphonic Spree at BV-SXSW 2013 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder) Progressive pop cult The Polyphonic Spree have a bunch of festival dates scheduled for this spring/summer and they'll also be touring around those fests, playing a number of club dates throughout the US...

Phosphorescent at Bonnaroo 2011 (more by Graeme Flegenheimer) As mentioned, Newport Folk Festival is returning this year to Fort Adams State Park from July 26 to 28, and since we last spoke, the lineup has been revea...

Chris Funk of Black Prairie/Decemberists in Austin in 2011 (more by Tim Griffin) Decemberists side project Black Prairie released their new album, A Tear in the Eye is a Wound in the Heart, this past September and went on a tour which brought them to NYC earlier this month for a show at Mercury Lounge (11/10)...

This one gets a big "!!!!". Listen to the song, with more info about the above-pictured new holiday album, below...

Decemberists side project Black Prairie, whose members already included Chris Funk, Nate Query, and Jenny Conlee of Decemberists, are set to release a new album this year and it was recorded with Decemberists drummer John Moen...