Gitkin is the alter ego of Brian J. of Pimps of Joytime. That may give you some idea of the sound of the new Gitkin album Safe Passage, or it
When you spend enough time studying music, you learn that there are some unlikely stories of how bands came together. Blues Pills has as unlikely an origin story as any
It’s not unusual for a musician to come from a musical family, and Skylar Gregg certainly comes from a musical family. They moved to Nashville (where else?) so her dad
For a lot of people, banjo music invokes a response similar to Homer Simpson when he shouted, “Aaah! Hillbillies!” Granted, a lot of banjo music like bluegrass originated in the
Andy Blunda (aka Blunda) is a composer and musician from North Hollywood. He is a busy man, and even if you don’t know it, you may have heard his compositions
Dirty Streets is a trio from Memphis whose albums have always been filled with soul-infused boogie rock songs that could just as easily have been recorded in the mid- to
Last year Charley Crockett released The Valley, an album of 16 songs that was recorded before he had open-heart surgery. It showed his abilities as a songwriter and storyteller. Not
Dirt Reynolds is an artist who adopted that persona because his birth name (Chris Watts) is unfortunately shared with an infamous figure from Colorado. He recently released his debut album
People have been trying to bury rock and roll for a long time, declaring countless times that rock is dead. Well, if Mojo Nixon taught us nothing else (and there’s
Blindboss is an experimental one-man act from Orange County, California. His shows have been known to include pre-recorded bass and drums while he plays guitar or synthesizers and sings. All
