50 Years Ago – Grateful Dead Busted Down On Bourbon Street (Watch “Truckin'” Live 12/31/77)
Mortimer Shines with Soulful Reggae Sound on ‘Fight the Fight’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Mortimer is a reggae artist who gained some recognition when he appeared on the last two Protoje albums. It attracted enough recognition that he was able to work with Grammy-nominated producer Winta James. When Fight the Fight was released digitally, it debuted at #3 on the Billboard reggae chart and at #1 on the iTunes […]
‘The Rhythm Section’ Loses the Beat (FILM REVIEW)
A decent premise is wasted in this forgettable spy thriller.
Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders Garcia Live Volume 12: 1/23/73 The Boarding House (ALBUM REVIEW)
Garcia Live Volume 12 offers some of, if not the most spirited, edgy performances yet released in this archival series. And while it’s not quite accurate to assign all the credit to vocalist Sarah Fulcher as the catalyst for this combustible content, it is no coincidence she is featured prominently in photos within the twelve-page […]
TORRES Makes Her “Exact” Record By Means of ‘Silver Tongue’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The fourth full-length offering from Brooklyn based artist TORRES (aka Mackenzie Scott) is her first self-produced effort and as she states, it is “the exact record I wanted to make”. The end product is a mix of confessional synth/art/pop numbers which can both challenge and sooth as Silver Tongue flows along. The album opens with […]
Eric Brace & Last Train Home Make Compelling Return with ‘Daytime Highs & Overnight Lows (ALBUM REVIEW)
One of roots music’s best bands returns as leader Eric Brace rounds up his bandmates in Last Train Home for the band’s tenth, perhaps most fully realized album on Daytime Highs and Overnight Lows. It’s quite a cast, numbering eleven with three additional guests. The three principals, Brace, bassist Jim Gray, and drummer Martin Lynds […]
FUZZ (Ty Segall/Drums) Returns and Announces North American Tour
FUZZ, comprised of Ty Segall (drums, vocals), Charles Moothart (guitar, vocals), and Chad Ubovich (bass, vocals), announces a North American tour – their first since winter 2015. The band will bring their rowdy live shows across the states, including three nights at Los Angeles’s Teragram Ballroom and to Chicago’s Thalia Hall, New York’s Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall of Williamsburg, and more. There will be additional FUZZ-related news in […]
Nikki Glaspie Blends Nth Power and Ghost Note For a Fundraiser in Los Angeles (SHOW REVIEW)
The holiday spirit swept into the new decade as Nikki Glaspie put together an all-star cast for a memorable show on January 24, 2020, at The Mint in Los Angeles. Billed as “Peace Love and Funk – A Harold Robinson Foundation Benefit Concert,” Glaspie and friends joined together to help raise funds for the charity. […]
40 Years Ago Today – New Orleans Piano Legend Professor Longhair Dies at 61 (Watch “Big Chief” Live)
SONG PREMIERE: Steve Baskin Embraces Memphis Soul Sound on “Mind Your Step”
What happens when you strip away the technology and get back to the basics in the studio; real musicians and real instruments all recorded to real tape? This is something Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Steve Baskin aimed to find out as he approached Mind Your Step. Marking his fourth full-length album, it’s a soulful Americana offering that […]