Photo by Twitter user @BE_EDamon. Lest it be mistaken for something else, Solid Sound is first and foremost a fan festival. While fabulous music, art and comedy take place all weekend,
As we inch closer to the biennial Wilco-hosted Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, Massachusetts on the grounds of Mass MoCA, it’s crucial to remember the profound impact it has
[rating=8.00] Listening to T. Hardy Morris and the Hardknocks will leave you feeling dirty, in a really good way. There’s something so disheveled and gritty about his twangy sound, and
[rating=9.00] Your song of summer awaits, and you’ll find it in an unexpected place, specifically, the title track off the latest record from Billy Shaddox, I Melt, I Howl. Shaddox
[rating=7.00] “No longer motivated by fear”, sings Kevin Galloway on the opening track “The Light” off the new record of the same name from his band Uncle Lucius. Thought The Light is
[rating=8.00] Evan Phillips is having a hell of a year. Fresh off Resolution Road, his beautiful collaboration record with Tim Easton and Leeroy Stagger (Easton Stagger Phillips), Phillips’ new solo
[rating=7.00] Heather Maloney’s sound is timeless. The Northampton singer-songwriter has a clear and pure voice, and she uses it to tell down-to-earth tales in polished folk songs. Her new record
[rating=8.00] When you hear the nearly eight-minute long blues guitar epic of Jimi Hendrix’s “Hey Joe”, the opening track off Otis Taylor’s latest record Hey Joe Opus/Red Meat, you’ll get
[rating=9.00] Mikal Cronin has come a long way since 2013’s critically lauded record MCII. The praise was well-deserved for such a fantastic breakout album, and with his newest MCIII, Cronin
[rating=7.00] Everyone loves Rhett Miller as the front man of Old 97s, but his solo records have been a bit more divisive. Miller has been more experimental with his own
