Archive: 2020

Composer/pianist/producer, Lisa Kristine Hilton is back after almost exactly a year later with her follow-up to December 2019’s  Chalkboard Destiny that featured her longstanding bandmates: Rudy Royston on drums, and Luques Curtis on bass, as well as the imposing JD Allen on tenor sax. (Note this is the first time that Hilton is making her middle name, Kristine, prominent). This […]

Neo-soul singer-songwriter Kirby Lauryen Dockery, also known by the stage name KIRBY, is an American singer-songwriter. KIRBY has penned songs for Beyoncé, Rihanna, Kanye West, Paul McCartney, Demi Lovato, and Ariana Grande, to name a few. KIRBY has been met with widespread acclaim, earning her a spot on NPR’s Tiny Desk, and garnering over 17 million streams across streaming platforms. KIRBY hits us […]

Gov’t Mule brings the excitement of their New Year’s Eve show to fans this year with their new live album, Live At The Beacon Theatre, available now only on streaming services. The brand new live album was recorded on New Year’s Eve 2017 as Gov’t Mule rang in the new year with special guest Jackie Greene as part of their annual New York City residency, […]

Will Marsh started Gold Connections at the College of William and Mary, where longtime friend Will Toledo (Car Seat Headrest) produced and recorded Marsh’s debut self-titled EP released in 2017 on Fat Possum Records. With newly found access to professional studios, such as Mitch Easter’s Fidelitorium, Gold Connections followed up their youthful EP with two […]

Brooklyn born, Staten Island raised artist Justy began writing music at 12 years old. Fast forward ten plus years and the transparent singer-songwriter has blossomed into a unique and promising force. Inspired by the works of artists such as J Dilla, Amy Winehouse, NoName, Anderson Paak, and Lauryn Hill, Justy continues to evolve, and incorporate traditional jazz elements into her music. In […]

On December 11, Primus will stream the one-of-a-kind virtual concert Alive From Pachyderm Station. Like so many other touring bands, Primus was forced to reschedule their 2020 touring plans; Alive From Pachyderm Station offers fans their first chance this year to see the band in concert. The show was filmed at Les Claypool’s Sebastopol, California winery Claypool Cellars, marking the band’s first time […]

Last Thursday on Thanksgiving, Kurt Vile returned to Late Night With Seth Meyers to perform John Prine’s classic song, “Speed and the Sound of Loneliness.” Vile traveled to the studio last week to play the song – the opening track of his recent Speed, Sound, Lonely KV (ep) – solo on acoustic guitar on the show, which […]

2020 surely was a weird one and still is. Ask anyone what their favorite live show of the years was and your pretty much going back to a two and a half month period, so if you didn’t get out in the winter- there’s not much to call out for. So make 2020 the Year […]

Four years after the release of her critically lauded album, Keep Your Mouth Shut, with her roots rock ‘n’ roll band Beth Lee & The Breakups, Beth Lee has stepped outside her Texas comfort zone to record her fourth album in the East Bay area of California. Having toured with the support of legendary Texas […]

Movie Club is an instrumental duo from Venice Beach, California. That in itself tells you a couple things. It tells you that this duo isn’t interested in traditional band structure or in the typical rock-song structure. They recorded two EPs Kraken and Hammerhead in collaboration with producer Matt Wignall and Lettuce bassist Erick “Jesus” Coomes. […]