Daisy Rickman - "Signpost To The Stars"
With the gravity of Vashti, Bridget, or modern contemporaries like Grace Cummings, Daisy Rickman prepares a record that winds through the woods, but shakes off the more fragile connotations of folk. A prime example of her emotional impact, “Signpost To The Stars” takes an acoustic ramble and hangs it on the air like dense fog, cut through with the ghosts of her deep and sonorous vocals.

ROY - "Spoons for the World"
Shedding his psychedelic skin, Patrick Lefler opts for a more contemplative countenance on his latest album. ROY delves deep into Fred Neil, Tim Buckley, John Martyn, and F.J. McMahon territory on his latest album, and one of the best of the bunch is the album’s title track, “Spoons For The World.” Nestled in a tangle of acoustic strums, and glowing with a halo of background vocals, the song feels ripped out of time, a contemplative classic that’s bound to find its way to discerning turntables.

Blushing - "Tamagotchi"
Couched in a cloud that’s worthy of Adorable or Ride and wielding a double female vocal like the heirs to the Veruca Salt crown, Austin's Blushing lets loose a single soaked in nostalgia. “Tamagotchi” employs the build and explode formula with ease, winding onto the speakers on spindly strums before the fuzz overtakes the room.

Playlist:
Shane Parish - Journey in Satchidananda
Six Organs of Admittance - The Mission
Daisy Rickman - Signpost To The Stars
Oisin Leech - Trawbreaga Bay
John Martyn - Solid Air
ROY - Spoons for the World
Gene Clark - No Other
Tim Buckley - The River
Vague Plot - Moto
Writhing Squares - Barbarians
LAIR - Boa-Boa
Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders - Crystal Microphone
Winter McQuinn - Red Wool
Ricky Albeck - Get Me Outta Here
GospelbeacH - The Dropouts (Parts One and Two)
The Hanging Stars - Raindrops in a Hurricane
Teddy and the Rough Riders - Sad Saturday Night
The Bures Band - Born
Starry Eyed and Laughing - Money Is No Friend of Mine
Trummors - Cosmic Monster
Superblooms - Let Me Go
Whitney’s Playland - Scheme
La Luz - Strange World
Meatbodies - Silly Cybin
Blushing - Tamagotchi
Sachet - Crushing Whims (Ride)
Washer - You’re Also A Jerk
Banned 37 - I’m Waiting For You
Parsnip - The Light
Kelley Stoltz - Reni’s Car
Daniel Romano’s Outfit - Where’s Paradise?

A monthly round-up of sounds that filter through the blog Raven Sings the Blues, presented here as a two-hour block of psychedelic seep. While constantly trying to draw lines between the fringes of the past and the fringes of the present, the show explores music from all manner of independent labels, threaded together with a sense of exploration and joy in reshaping pop along the z-axis. Guaranteed good times. Broadcast from Hudson.