Dar Williams is set to release her ninth studio album In The Time of Gods later this month via Razor & Tie, but Glide Magazine recently had the pleasure of talking with Dar about everything from recording the album to her time touring with Joan Osborne, her passion for environmental awareness, the resurgence of vinyl and why Cry Cry Cry is pretty much done forever.
So what exactly is Rebelution? Glide decided to find out with a phone call to lead singer and main songwriter Eric Rachmany, who was home in San Francisco enjoying some nice weather before his band went back out on the road. Formed in 2004 while all four band members were attending college, Rebelution first hit big in Hawaii, releasing their first album in 2007. They have been growing in popularity ever since, selling out more and more venues as they travel the country spreading their reggae.
SXSW is about mingling with music fans and industry folks alike and taking in some of the greatest new sounds coming from up-and-coming bands in America. Here are some of their highlights and memories from the week.
SXSW is about mingling with music fans and industry folks alike and taking in some of the greatest new sounds coming from up-and-coming bands in America. Here are some of their highlights and memories from the week.
With a similar but more extensive offering including other musicians set to be conducted at this year’s Wanee Festival in April, Jorma spent a few minutes with Doug Collette discussing the various ways he takes pleasure in life right now, not to exclude the time with friends and family apart from music, the fruits of which he was enjoying at the time of this conversation.
Sometimes we all love a good no-brainer rock song to get us through our day. But then there always comes a time when too much rhythm partying starts to fray the stem cells and you find yourself craving Bob Dylan or Neil Young or Peter Gabriel; music that injects a few bars of powerade Einstein into those cavities in the brain. Since about 2006, the San Francisco band Howlin Rain has been feeding the hungry with an alternative intelligentsia to the souls weakened by Lady Gaga and Katy Perry.
This week, celebrated cellist Zoë Keating will make her San Francisco dance debut, performing live with the Magik*Magik Orchestra in Breathing Underwater, a world premiere work by ODC Artistic Director & Founder Brenda Way.
Join Glide Magazine + Thrillcall as we present Slow Club at the Brick + Mortar Music Hall in San Francisco!
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Jaimoe is quite proud of his band and has been traveling the country playing in small jazz clubs and opening for the Gregg Allman Band during their spring tour. But more new music is in the offering. “We’ve got five more songs in the can that didn’t make the album so we’ve got a good place to start from”.
