Following on the heels of their pandemic-inspired album, Quarantunes, released in 2020, New York-based Americana outfit The New Students recently dropped their latest album, Little Blue Dot. Talking about Little Blue Dot, the band says, “These songs speak to what we think are some of the universal concerns we all have on this little blue dot floating in space: fear for the future of our planet, the vanishing American Dream, love found and lost. We want to write songs that spread human empathy, but also make you want to sing along.” Made up of Briana Carlson-Goodman (vocals), Justin Flagg (vocals, guitar, banjo), Matthew Gelfer (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar), Sam Gelfer (bass), Beau Moore (guitar, mandolin), and Paul Pearl (drums), The New Students’ sound harks back to the ’60s, blendin...