From queer indie pop to spiritual jazz to bluegrass phenoms, our spring music guide highlights a tone of unrest that requests an audience.
Clockwise from top left: Forest Bees ; waveform* ; Asher Gamedze ; Mediocre , Ethan Setiawan ; Devon Gilfillian ; Caroline Rose
Spring is a funny thing, a “one step forward, two steps back” kind of season. I call the clocks springing forward a small victory; I call mid-March snow a significant loss. Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction came in just under the wire; we’re just past the sixth week of winter since groundhog’s day. Uncanny.
I’ve been spending a lot of time in rural Pennsylvania, a place of vast silence and stillness that begs for an accompanying soundtrack. Needless to say, I’ve been listening to a lot of music. At the same time, I’m processing the dissolution of a long-term relationship. It’s all left me feeling unsure of my place in the world, and the music I’m gravitating toward tells me that these select artists are feeling the same.
As always, New England is representing several spots on my list, but I reached beyond the Northeast and found great new music from around the globe worthy of your consideration, from South Africa to the Bay Area and everywhere in between. From queer indie pop to bluegrass phenoms and heady, spiritual jazz, the artists on this list are generally in a state of unrest and with plenty to say. Follow my lead: Put the sounds of bleeding hearts in your ears. All I’m asking is that you listen, too.
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