Posts by Philip Mccluskey

Martin Sexton's performance on stage was set on Vanderbilt Avenue right alongside historical (and somewhat humbling) Grand Central Station. The setting for the show was meek, with a small stage and a crowd that was much smaller than you would think. As usual, though, Sexton’s cherub-banshee vocals made it all seem bigger.

A tribute to wounded New Orleans, Shawn Mullins

Of all the giants in the Giant Forest (a grove at roughly 5,000 feet which is home to a bevy of colossal trees), it is the General Sherman tree which stands as the Largest Living Thing on Earth.

Although the airwaves have been mobbed with singer-songwriters the last few years, Rich Price thinks that the best of his genre has true staying power. Undaunted by stops and starts in his own life, Price is bridging the gaps with All These Roads.

Bishop Allen is a DIY paragon, though it

Rock and roll, then. That

Life for Stephen Kellogg is about to pick up again in that familiar way – when he hits the road with his band, the Sixers, in support of their new self-titled record. And the

Throughout the Bull Moose After Party, Speechwriters LLC redefine their sound. They redefined it from song to song with chords and melodies, rather than from album to album with haircuts and a well-timed personality implant. They have fun with variety in Bull Moose, showing many sides of what they can do. And I for one can

In short, Everyone Here is Wrong didn

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Deb Talan is definitely in the mold of Shawn Colvin and Dar Williams, and is something of a mix of the two vocally. She tells her stories well on A Bird Flies Out, and uses her unique voice to give her characters some substance. Her voice is steady and welcoming throughout; the flow and inflection of some notes providing a rich backdrop for the lyrics to paint their pictures in your mind.

Ari Hest

San Francisco’s ViV is growing as a band, and are coming into their own. The journey isn

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Certain records should come with instructions. In the case of Donavon Frankenreiter

Eastmountainsouth created an atmosphere in the Great American

Heavenly Mountain Resort straddles the California/Nevada border and offers several dozen trails for any level of skier and snowboarder, all with a regal view of Lake Tahoe that

Rufus Wainwright

It

Simple can be beautiful.