John Vettese

Themes of transition and change carry across Don't Weigh Down the Light, the third LP from psychedelic folk singer and songwriter Meg Baird. Three years ago, Baird found a new home in San Francisco after a decade building her music career as the whispery-yet-gripping voice of spectral Philadelphia ensemble ...

"There's zero symbolism, and that's the scary thing," Timothy Showalter says. "Every single lyric is either a direct thought or a direct event. It's exactly my life."

The Philadelphia musician who performs as Strand of Oaks is talking about his new record, Heal, and its visceral opening ...