{"id":6018,"date":"2012-05-09T14:22:12","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T21:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=6018"},"modified":"2012-05-11T01:02:24","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T08:02:24","slug":"folk-forward-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/05\/folk-forward-next-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"FOLK FORWARD – NEXT GENERATION"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FOLK FORWARD –\u00a0NEXT GENERATION<\/h1>\n
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Shel<\/p><\/div>\n

SHEL
\n<\/strong>Based in Fort Collins, Colo., sisters Sarah, Hannah, Eva and Liza Holbrook are classically trained musicians whose songs meld ethereal harmonies, out-of-the-box melodies and remarkable musicianship. Producer Brent Maher, who\u2019s worked with everyone from Ike & Tina Turner to the Judds, co-produced SHEL\u2019s When the Dragon Came Down<\/em> EP and is working on a full-length follow-up.<\/p>\n

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John Fullbright<\/p><\/div>\n

JOHN FULLBRIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hailing from Okemah, Okla.\u2014home of Woody Guthrie\u2014Fullbright seems to have arrived as a fully formed songwriter in his early 20s. He\u2019s shared the stage with Jimmy Webb, Joe Ely, Steve Poltz and more. His Live at the Blue Door <\/em>offered precocious nods to Townes Van Zandt and Mickey Newbury, and debut studio album From the Ground Up<\/em> has him poised for national prominence.<\/p>\n

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The Milk Carton Kids<\/p><\/div>\n

THE MILK CARTON KIDS
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\nKenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan are the Milk Carton Kids, an L.A.-based minimalist duo that trades on somber emotion without posturing or bluster. Pattengale and Ryan are collecting fans like Joe Henry and Sara Bareilles, and heavy-duty roadwork is helping to spread the word. Both Kids albums, Prologue <\/em>and Retrospect<\/em>, are available for free download at milkcartonkids.com.<\/p>\n

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The Head and the Heart<\/p><\/div>\n

THE HEAD AND\u00a0THE HEART
\n<\/strong>With a sound that is at times stripped down to a whisper but sometimes soars like elegant indie rock, this buzzed-about Seattle collective broke onto the national scene in 2011 when its eponymous independent debut was re-released on Sub Pop Records. The band\u2019s growing reputation as one of folk\u2019s most exciting live bands points to a solid future.<\/p>\n

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Anais Mitchell<\/p><\/div>\n

ANA\u00cfS MITCHELL
\n<\/strong>The Vermont-reared daughter of college professors, Mitchell now makes her home in Brooklyn. Her 2010 Hadestown<\/em> album was a re-imagining of the Orpheus myth that featured appearances from Bon Iver\u2019s Justin Vernon, Greg Brown, Ani DiFranco and others. Mitchell released Young Man in America<\/em> in 2012 to reviews that suggest the album will wind up on year-end Top 10 lists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FOLK FORWARD –\u00a0NEXT GENERATION SHEL Based in Fort Collins, Colo., sisters Sarah, Hannah, Eva and Liza Holbrook are classically trained musicians whose songs meld ethereal harmonies, out-of-the-box melodies and remarkable musicianship. Producer Brent Maher, who\u2019s worked with everyone from Ike & Tina Turner to the Judds, co-produced SHEL\u2019s When the Dragon Came Down EP and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3630],"tags":[3635,3155,2063,3639,3596,3629,3628,3645,3612,3651,3637,3549,2757,3647,3632,3652,3646,3642,3638,3644,3631,3648,3649,3636,3597,3641,3650,3634,3662,3643,3640,3653],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6018"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6078,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6018\/revisions\/6078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}