Jamie McLean Band Announce New Ken Coomer-Produced LP ‘One and Only’
Jamie McLean Band has just announced the Feb. 23 release of its new LP, One and Only, produced by ex-Wilco drummer Ken Coomer (Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris) at Nashville’s legendary Sound Emporium, and featuring contributions from an impressive list of guest artists, from Americana mainstay Sam Bush to reed man extraordinaire Jeff Coffin (Bela Fleck, […]
Aaron Sorkin Delights with His Cinematic Directorial Debut ‘Molly’s Game’ (FILM REVIEW)
Jessica Chastain offers a brilliant performance in this witty thriller.
‘Downsizing’ Thinks Too Small for Its Own Good (FILM REVIEW)
A valiant effort, sure, but Alexander Payne misses the mark big time.
‘The Post’ is the Tribute to Journalism We Need Right Now (FILM REVIEW)
Spielberg returns to form with this journalism thriller.
‘Eyes of the World: Grateful Dead Photography 1965-1995’ Showcases Fundamental Creativity of The Dead (BOOK REVIEW)
There’s virtually no text within the approximately two-hundred seventy-five pages of Grateful Dead Photography, but there doesn’t need to be. Apart from the acknowledgments, a listing of credits and a foreword from Graham Nash, only captions appears this chronological visual history of the iconic rock and roll band, and that’s as it should be. And […]
The Best and Worst at Day For Night 2017 (FESTIVAL REVIEW)
As a native Houstonian, it is a strange feeling to have an event in our city considered the paradigm of ‘cool’. Sure, Houston has incredible museums, an expansive ethnic food offering, and is home to the largest rodeo and renaissance festival in the nation –but it is the nascent Day For Night festival that causes […]
Metz Unleash Pulsating Noise Rock on Austin (SHOW REVIEW)
A Metz appearance in Austin is like Christmas come early for dissonant rock enthusiasts in town, of which there are many. An army of black-clad testosteroned adolescents, long-haired metal vets, and discerning bespectacled hipsters all gathered at the Mohawk on Friday, December 15 to bask in the pulsating greatness of Metz. Disappointment has never been […]
Sturgill Simpson, Emmylou Harris, Greensky Bluegrass Top Telluride Bluegrass 2018 Lineup
In 2018 the 45th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival will once again take place in the bucolic mountain wonderland that is Telluride, CO. Today the organizers of the festival have announced an impressive initial lineup of acts who will descend on the festival grounds June 21-24, 2018. This initial lineup announcement includes about two-thirds of the Festival’s main […]
Happy 60th Birthday Billy Bragg (Watch NPR Tiny Desk Concert Series)
‘All The Money In The World’ And The Hollowness Of Prestige Filmmaking (FILM REVIEW)
Great performances still leave something lacking in Ridley Scott’s latest film.