rivulare
Rivulare formed from the embers of a hardwood-heated company house in the Keweenaw Penisula, Upper Michigan. Echoes of these porch sessions began to take form at April Base recording studio as rivulare started shaping it’s sound as a 5 piece band. Sonic landscapes welded by wilderness emerged from life’s social fabric, and the shade-tolerant rivulare species shot up into the canopy to call out to their fellow woodland creatures. With an album before a band, an idea before it’s execution, rivulare now relates to its surroundings through rhythms and melodies from Marquette, MI.

Robinson & Rohe
In their debut record, “Hunger”, Robinson & Rohe’s detailed arrangements and keenly crafted lyrics push at the edges of what Americana and folk music can accomplish. Over the course of the record, they turn the genre in on itself, pushing past historical nostalgia to pose open-eyed questions about the traditions we inherit and where we might find hope in a country freighted with an inheritance that is both beautiful and troubling.

The combined effect of razor-sharp lyric writing and melodies make “Hunger” feel like an urgent message delivered in a patient, studied hand. Throughout, the sounds of guitar, banjo, violin, and bass all work to elevate the duo’s sweeping vocals—at turns muscular and ethereal. There’s a spacious quality to their harmonizing, as they deliver lyrics that feel as vast and rich as the American landscapes they sing about.