These Subtle Sounds

A place for music lovers

Author: Matt Ruppert

  • Joe Pug @ The Hamilton, 6.4.2021

    Joe Pug @ The Hamilton, 6.4.2021

    My car rumbled along the Maryland highways, enduring the terrors of Washington DC’s 295 to 695 stretch of road, the already poor driving of our…

  • Railroad Earth @ B Chord Brewing Company

    Railroad Earth @ B Chord Brewing Company

    From the piedmont lowlands of northern Maryland, we drove into America’s oldest mountains, her ridges blue in the heat-hazed distance. My wife found ourselves settled…

  • Meridian by Miles Gannett

    Meridian by Miles Gannett

    For the longest time, some music has had this ineffable quality to just make me feel a certain way, to almost change my life, if…

  • “Fine, But Not Okay” with Hallelujah the Hills

    “Fine, But Not Okay” with Hallelujah the Hills

    March 14th, 2021  The reality of the pandemic settled into my heart 365 days ago this morning, every slice of information I can find promising…

  • An October Evening with Grace Potter

    An October Evening with Grace Potter

    Just half a year (or a lifetime) ago, live music stopped, the world all but halted, and we started collectively telling ourselves lies about the…

  • New Music Friday 8.7.2020

    New Music Friday 8.7.2020

    Note from These Subtle Sounds: if you like something and you have the means, please pay for it beyond your chosen streaming services. Streaming services…

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  1. Nice work. Stage lighting is difficult to deal with and these are really nice and sharp.

  2. An excellent first post, I cannot wait to see this bloom into something great. Follow your passion man

  3. It’s a privilege to watch your journey…..and your connection with the music can be seen in your work. I can’t…