Archive: 2017

Sonny Smith, of Sonny And The Sunsets, will release his tenth studio album, Rod For Your Love via Dan Auerbach’s new label, Easy Eye Sound, on February 9th. The record, produced by Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach at his Nashville studio, roots itself in old-school, guitar-driven rock & roll, and is equally built for the […]

The rockabilly crowd came out in droves to see JD McPherson and his band tear up the dance floor with their fiery, rock and roll grooves. at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg on November 7. 2017. McPherson, ever the class act and with stellar stage presence, gave them and the rest of the packed room […]

We sat down with the two stars to discuss their new movie and the joys of glamping.

The virtues of home are explored beautifully in Gerwig’s coming of age dramedy.

[rating=10.00] You can’t improve a great record by remastering it, but the folks at Dolby claim they’ve gotten close. R.E.M.’s 1992 masterpiece, Automatic for the People, is the first album ever remixed with the technology, best known for its powerful surround-sound in movie theaters. Available only on the four-disc deluxe anniversary package, the Dolby mix […]

At 37, Drew Kennedy is far from an old-timer on the Red Dirt Circuit that gives life to so many exceptional songwriters based out of Texas and Oklahoma. Yet Kennedy sounds as if he’s an elder statesman on the soothing and beautifully realized At Home In the Big Lonesome. Kennedy’s eighth album is by far […]

Arkansas Dave learnt at an early age that there are only a few roads out of a place like Camden, Arkansas. One road heads to the prison, another to a career in the army, and the other’s a swampy dead end. It’s a romantic cliché to find an escape in music and the blues, but […]

[rating=8.00] It would be great to say that after 25 years of relative obscurity, Pistoleros are ready to break into the big time. After all, they have the wherewithal to substantiate any ability to do so, not to mention a legacy that ought to make them more than also-rans in the Americana pantheon. It’s notable […]

It would be wrong to call any place but Brooklyn “home” for Jay-Z, but the ties to Houston, Texas, run deep for the hip-hop legend. From inviting Houston rap kings UGK to be on one of his biggest hits, “Big Pimpin’,” to hopping on the remix of Mike Jones’ classic “Back Then,” to his wife […]

Director Richard Linklater discusses his latest film, the military, and these trying times.