My Name is Farch and I am the Future

It’s not as if every rapper you approach wouldn’t tell you that they are the future, well the young rappers will anyway. But when Jesse Frohreich, aka Farch, says it you get more than an inkling that he is on to something more than…

Rising Appalachia

Brian Ripple

Rising Appalachia brings to the world new sounds, stories, and songs collected across oceans and originally sculpted to embody our human journey, our global community, and the treasures and troves of soul harmony. Led by sisters Leah and Chloe, the…

Featured Artist September: Zach Hoffman

100th issue photographer

photos by Zach Hoffman

Zach Hoffman was born and raised in rural Wisconsin and in 2012 graduated from Montana State University in Bozeman with a Bachelors of Arts in Film and Photography. In the Fall of 2012 Zach began his Masters studies in Photography at Lesley…

Elephant Revival

Brian Ripple

Where words fail... music speaks.That simple line atop Elephant Revival’s Facebook page contains only five words, but reveals volumes about the band’s reason for being. Music unites us in ways that no other medium can. Even when we…

Bow Thayer CD Review

“Sundowser is catchy - in a good way”

Brian Ripple

I was given the CD Sundowser from a friend with very little information shared about it. Coincidentally   I was also going to Idaho for the weekend so I popped it in the van’s CD player and took off down the road. It turns out…

Sir Mix-A-Lot at Faultline North

Sir Mix-A-Lot parlayed a gonzo tribute to women with large buttocks into hip-hop immortality. But even before he struck crossover gold, Sir Mix-A-Lot was one of rap’s great D.I.Y. success stories. Coming from a city — Seattle — with…