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
It’s been about five years since the Raleigh-based roots rock band Jack the Radio last put out a record and they have clearly been inspired by the break (though members
Swing States: Harmony in the Battleground, is the latest from multi-GRAMMY nominee, MacArthur Fellow, and Doris Duke Award recipient, violinist Regina Carter. For this momentous release, Carter has assembled her Freedom Band, a first-rate ensemble
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
The latest release from Austin singer-songwriter David Ramirez, My Love Is A Hurricane, was initially meant to be a glorified love letter of sorts to his new partner, documenting his
How’s this for a description of a record? “Like if Werner Herzog made a chamber-prog-punk record under DMT in The Chelsea Hotel.” That is as apt and vivid a description
One of the first things that is striking about southern singer-songwriter Tawny Ellis’ Love Life, her fifth full-length album, is her network of high profile musicians, producers, and engineers. To
Simply said, put your music where your mouth is. Grammy-winner composer, bandleader, and recently named NEA Jazz Master Maria Schneider has been increasingly outspoken about Google and big data companies,
Bluesman John Fusco basks in dichotomies. One is occupational as he is both an acclaimed filmmaker and a recording musical artist. For the latter, he works in two distinct locales,
Until relatively recently lifelong Massachusetts resident Lori McKenna was known mainly as a songwriter for the bigger country music stars even though she’s had a long-running solo career. She still
