‘Richard Jewell’ A Powerful Reminder of Injustice (FILM REVIEW)
Clint Eastwood’s best movie in a decade is an important reminder on the dangers of judgment.
SONG PREMIERE: K.C. Clifford Tackles Loss and Grief with Beautiful and Intimate Piano and Singing on “You Couldn’t Stay”
It’s been eight years and two kids since K.C. Clifford has made a record. A lot has changed in that time period — there are the two children she’s added to her family, more medical emergencies than anyone plans for, and an entire shift in the way listeners devour music made. But the biggest remains […]
Harmonica Virtuoso Sugar Blue Writes and Records on Four Continents for ‘Colors’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Musicians often become restless and continually search for new directions. Restlessness is a chronic state for Sugar Blue, who in this case, finds both new sounds and new places to record. The harmonica virtuoso wrote and recorded on four continents, U.S. (Chicago), China, Europe (Italy), and Africa (South Africa) for Colors. As we’ve come to […]
VIDEO PREMIERE: Mosa Delivers Celestial Folk and Shiny Harmonies On “Mama’s Got Brand New Shoes”
The passion project of New York’s Melissa Frabotta – with a big up from producer and guitarist Phil Anthony – Mosa is a band born out of kicking off the treasonous expectations life can heap upon the youth. On their latest releases, “Hard Times” and “Mama’s Got Grand New Shoes,” Frabotta paints Rockwellian curios, never […]
SONG PREMIERE/INTERVIEW: Salim Nourallah Exudes Indie Rock Cool and Sharp Songwriting Skill on “Born with a Broken Heart”
When asked to sum up his 25-year career in music, singer/songwriter/producer Salim Nourallah says, “I feel like the Texas version of Nick Lowe, except I haven’t entered my silver-haired crooner phase yet.” When he was a kid, Nourallah looked up to Lowe, mainly because he was the best example teenage Salim could find of a […]
Grateful Dead Dave’s Picks Volume 32: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 3/24/73 (ALBUM REVIEW)
In lieu of the booklet of prose, photos etc., usually enclosed in each edition of Dave’s Picks, Volume 32 contains a foldout within which there are some replications of newspaper articles of the times, along with some striking photos of Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh. Conspicuous in its absence is any image of […]
Wannabe Reviews Micah Schnabel’s ‘The Teenage Years of the 21st Century’
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on The Teenage Years of the 21st Century, the new album from singer-songwriter Micah Schnabel, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones Draw On Innate History at Burlington’s Flynn Center (SHOW REVIEW)
It was absolutely delightful to watch and hear Bela Fleck and the Flecktones at the Flynn Center on December 7th. As the band continued the ongoing celebration of its thirty years together, the musicians drew on their history almost as much as their innate chemistry and did so in such a largely understated way, the […]
The Earl Scruggs Music Festival Adds Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jim Lauderdale, Chatham County Line, and the Earls of Leicester
The Earl Scruggs Music Festival is proud to announce new additions to the festival lineup for the upcoming 2020 festival: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jim Lauderdale, Chatham County Line, and the Earls of Leicester. Touring for over fifty years, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band remains one of the most accomplished bands in American roots […]
The Soul Rebels Share 2020 Tour Dates
New Orleans brass/hip-hop ensemble The Soul Rebels continue building momentum with their new album Poetry In Motion – which released October 25th via their imprint Rebelution Music Group, on Artistry Music/Mack Avenue Music Group. Today, the band have announced a winter tour in support of the project that will take them to cities across the […]