Archive: 2014

“Let’s dive in,” Devon Allman says with a big smile. After playing an electrifying set with his solo band at the third annual Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival last month, the young singer/guitar player/songwriter/producer is excited to sit down and talk about his new album, Ragged & Dirty, which hit shelves on the 14th. For […]

[rating=7.00] The final installment of Charlie Mars’ so-called Texas Trilogy, The Money finds Mars taking a small step backward while at the same time continuing along his path of artistic self-discovery. After five albums as a standard singer-songwriter, Mars’ label went out of business and he was forced to go it alone. After some soul-searching […]

From 1996 to 2003, beloved Americana icons The Jayhawks cut and released three albums of material-Sound Of Lies, Smile, and Rainy Day Music without the services of founding member Mark Olson. Despite the music’s generally warm reception and the bevy of great song selections put forth, this period has traditionally been overlooked by many fans […]

A successful New York institution is hanging it up in 2014 after a year-long farewell tour, and no this review has nothing to do with Derek Jeter. Black 47, who have been playing New York City’s finest drinking establishments for over 30+ years, are turning on the lights and shouting last call as they close […]

Following the success of his critically-acclaimed-fifth-studio-album, Single Mothers, Justin Townes Earle is pleased to announce the release of the companion album, Absent Fathers. Comprised of 10 tracks, Absent Fathers was recorded alongside Single Mothers as a double album, but as Justin began to sequence it, he felt each half needed to make its own statement […]

Cold War Kids have just announced their 2015 national headline tour, in support of their fifth studio album, Hold My Home, released Tuesday 10/21  via Downtown Records. Cold War Kids 2015 headline tour kicks off January 21at the Ogden Theatre in Denver, CO and will continue through March 21 at House Of Blues in Boston, […]

Umphrey’s McGee has announced twelve live webcasts, billed as the “Couch Tour”, to take place in October and November, with the first and last of them being free to fans. The first will take place on October 22 from the House of Blue in Cleveland, OH as part of the Yahoo Music and Live Nation’s […]

[rating=7.00] Primus has always been one of the weirdest bands out there. In a post-Frank Zappa world, they’re the closest thing we’re ever going to get to the granddaddy of musical freaks. This is a mantel they’ve always worn well, even if it’s never talked about or spoken aloud. Anytime Primus releases a new record, […]

British singer Lily Allen has never shied away from speaking her mind. But sometimes she leaves it up to the audience to determine what she’s trying to say. The sassy, outspoken artist closed out her “Sheezus” tour in grand style at The Hollywood Palladium, filled with symbolism, sarcasm and social criticism. Allen opened up the […]

For Nashville based, Memphis born Drew Holcomb, “music is medicine” and it seems only fitting that along with his band The Neighbors – wife Ellie (vocals, guitar), Nathan Dugger (guitar, keys) and Rick Brinsfield (bass) – the group will celebrate a decade long career with the release of their new full-length studio album Medicine on […]