Everyone lost their minds earlier this year when the rumor of a Led Zeppelin reunion first started circulating. They lost their minds again, this time in a bad way, when
It starts off so simply, with the vibration of one note. Its purity slowly wraps around you and even though you have someplace else to be, you find that you
In our fourth year of MY ROOTS, the column continues to venture out away from its, well, roots. From a straight-forward examination of a musician’s early days into a much
The seven piece funk ensemble The Motet have dubbed their sold out New Year’s Eve party as Funklandia and will be hosting the celebration at Portland Oregon’s Crystal Ballroom to
It’s the voice that grabs you first. That big, whiskey-flavored tonsil showdown that can kick your butt one minute and soothe your ills the next. Once she has caught your
Christmas time is here, a season of stress and indulgence. The holiday is contrived beyond recognition to most but for those of us who can see through the fabric or
Much like soul singers Charles Bradley and Lee Fields, Sonny Knight has been making music for nearly fifty years, but recently the 66-year-old performer has found a new zest for
Do you have that one festival that is so much fun that you make certain you return each and every year? For a growing number of music aficionados that festival
When you think about a rock & roll band, the keyboard player is not exactly the first musician that comes to mind. But Michael T. Ross is ready for that
Any music critic worth his salt fears the year-end list where it’s time to go back and sift through that bottomless collection of promos to produce a list of the
