It wasn’t until Lyle Lovett released Step Inside This House, and album that included no less than four songs from Texas songwriter Walter Hyatt that many of us first became
Most of us came to John Coltrane through “My Favorite Things,” Giant Steps, A Love Supreme, or perhaps even Kind of Blue. From there we worked our way back or
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Eraserland, the new album from Strand of Oaks, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on
Mekons, the long-running folk/punk/art rock outfit from Leeds, has recently been inspired by successful reunion tours of the USA and perhaps oddly, deserts. The groups bassist The Baron (aka Dave
It was inevitable that Steve Earle would eventually pay tribute to one of two his major mentors, Guy Clark, having done the same for Townes Van Zandt ten years ago.
White Denim never seems to stop making music, their combination of engaging, thought-provoking; off the wall bat shit pop/prog/garage rock successfully rolls on with their newest release Side Effects. It
Andrew Bird may be tongue-in-cheek about the title, My Finest Work Yet, but it’s a little humor, a wink of sorts, in our struggle to find the moral compass in
Dave’s Picks, Volume 29 – Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA – 2/26/77 is not trumpeted as one of the famed ‘Betty Boards.’ And, in fact, in his essay to this
Following close on the heels of his collaboration with guitarist Colin Linden, Amour, Luther Dickinson now issues Solstice, a group endeavor whose personnel includes Amy Helm, Amy LaVere and Sharde
The parallels between the lost-way-too-soon Chicago blues vocalist, the late Michael Ledbetter and the blues influenced born-and-raised Chicago vocalist Shawn James seems impossible to ignore as we consider James’ fourth
