For over two decades Devendra Banhart has been collaborating with multi-instrumentalist Noah Georgeson, who in turn ended up producing most of his albums. But on their newest project, both musicians
Let’s just call the summer of 2021, the “Summer of Nina.” We witnessed Simone’s powerful performance in the Questlove directed Summer of Soul, her recorded performances at Montreux were the
Harpist Brandee Younger is well known in contemporary jazz circles as both a concert soloist and valued session musician. With four or five smaller label albums as a leader, Younger
In the ‘60s they dubbed folk artist Dave Van Ronk as the poet laureate of Greenwich Village. Today Greenwich Village resident, the veteran rocker Willie Nile, would be considered by
The Cruzados were one of LA’s most promising hard rock bands in the 1980s, poised to be big. They had two albums worth of great songs on Arista Records, a
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Over the Overlords, the new album from Naked Raygun, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image
This is not to pass judgment as the decision did not come lightly for the duo formerly known as Mandolin Orange to change their name to Watchhouse. It’s just that
It’s almost cliché at this point to label anything recorded last year as a “Quarantine Record,” but from long gestating passion projects to spur of the moment whims, musicians across
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Nice One, the new album from Catbite, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full
Songs from My Father is the 13th release from drummer/ bandleader/arranger Gerry Gibbs, known for his many iterations of his Thrasher Dream Trio. The last time we covered him on
