Humbird & Friends present
'Backyard Fairytales' live at Pablo's Gibson Street Entry Space
This November, Humbird and a select group of local musicians and improvisers will resurrect "Backyard Fairytales", an ad hoc series that combines the performance of ancient folklore with colorful soundscapes and improvised melodies. Explored with cultural respect and dark whimsy, these stories will offer wisdom, connection, and magic for hard times, and can help us to imagine who we want to be in a world we get to create. It is an all-ages approach, while embracing uncertainty and mysteries that move in the dark.
Humbird & friends began doing these performances in 2020, in over 100 backyards, gardens, barns, campfires, and eventually even a planetarium. The performances feature stripped-down versions of Humbird's original songs, bookending a seasonal tale where whims and adventure unfold. While these shows will be very different from Humbird's touring act, it is all part of the same endeavor: to use music and stories as star maps to move through the unknown beauty and hardships of our lives. Tickets on sale now for Nov. 7th, 14th, and 21st.
'If Your Body Fails You' out now!
This week, Michaela Anne released a new song, ‘If Your Body Fails You’ a single off what she's hoping to be her ‘next full length album (stay tuned for more on that…)’ The tune marks a new stretch of time without label support, releasing music independently and the whole project lingering close to home. It’s even recording it with engineer/husband Aaron Shafer-Haiss in their backyard studio, Vacationland.
Frail Talk x Pancake Test House
While playing Treefort Music Fest this year, Frail Talk partnered with Pancake Test House + Short Stack Sessions to record a sweet little set of songs. Check out ‘leavetaking, Sunday Dreamin' and little al’ below.
Film Work: Ben Bingham, Tyler Bingham
Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer: Sean Atkins
Follow along: Instagram: @ShortStackSessions & @pancaketesthouse
Watchhouse at Red Rocks and beyond
Watchhouse returns home from a thrilling July run, kicking off at Red Rocks with The Avett Brothers, ending with two sold out nights in Portland. Check out tickets and info for the remaining shows of 2025 below!
Latest release from Watchhouse, 'Rituals' is out now!
Rituals, the long-awaited new studio album from North Carolina duo Watchhouse (Andrew Marlin & Emily Frantz), is officially out now via Tiptoe Tiger Music / Thirty Tigers. Co-produced with Ryan Gustafson (The Dead Tongues), the 11-track collection marks Watchhouse’s first album of entirely new, original songs since their acclaimed 2021 self-titled release, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass chart and earned praise from Rolling Stone, NPR Music, Mojo, American Songwriter, and more.
With Rituals, Watchhouse invites listeners into a world shaped by small moments and big transformations. The album glows with the quiet beauty of daily life — lullabies at dawn, unspoken gestures, and the grounding rhythm of routine - all while balancing a subtle darkness. The result is a gently radiant meditation on change, love, and the spaces in between.
Woven with the duo’s signature acoustic textures, Rituals blends layered arrangements and soothing vocal harmonies into an album that is as intimate as it is expansive — a sonic embrace in uncertain times.