Archive: 2016

Plenty of people go to see bands when they come through their town, but most people don’t think about everything that it takes to get those bands to their favorite club. Being on tour for a musician is both enlightening and daunting, as physically and mentally draining as it is stimulating. And no matter what, […]

John Craigie hosted a one-off CD release show at Portland, Oregon’s Doug Fir Lounge on December 15th. Portlanders braved icy roads to celebrate the singer/songwriter with a sold-out performance, and to get their hands on a copy of the new album, No Rain, No Rose. In addition to the rapt crowd, Craigie also had support […]

Planet Bluegrass has announced the preliminary lineup for the 44th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival – held  June 15-18, 2017. Tickets and camping are on sale now at www.bluegrass.com or 800-624-2422. The highlights of this 43rd Annual lineup include special bluegrass set from multi-platinum country star Dierks Bentley with The Travelin’ McCourys, the return of powerhouse vocalist Brandi Carlile;  a festival-opening solo set from […]

La La Land is a stunning throwback to the Golden Age right up to the point where it isn’t.

There’s a lot to love about Assassin’s Creed. Also a lot to be confounded by.

Gurf Morlix has long been a respected figure in the Austin music scene. Beyond that, he is mostly known for his work with Blaze Foley, Lucinda Williams, and as a producer for names like Robert Earl Keen and Ray Wylie Hubbard. Whatever way you cut it, the guy is something of a legend at this […]

In it’s second year, Day For Night is the festival that Houston deserves. Appropriately held in the abandoned Barbara Jordan Post Office downtown, the building projected the industrial grittiness of Houston, with its precarious lighting and dark swaths of space connected by dank metallic staircases. Occasional wafts of rotten seafood and sewage competed against the […]

Take Five is a seasonal jazz column by Glide contributor Doug Collette, who will be taking snap-shot reviews of recent jazz albums… Cameron Mizell – Negative Spaces: Alternately insistent and intoxicating, this album belies its title with uninterruptedly elevating sounds, most of them emanating from Mizell’s guitar, the authority and invention of which carries over into the musicianship surrounding […]

It’s been a rough year to say the least, but believe it or not some amazing music has been released. In the newest installment of Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle looks back on his favorite albums of 2016 in his signature six-panel comic strip form. This is the first of two parts, so stay tuned! Click on the image for full resolution (best […]