“Life isn’t always rainbows and unicorns,” explains vocalist Grant Tchekmeian about the new album Salt to Taste by Suck Brick Kid. This album contains all the evidence you need to
On their sixth studio album, Beach Goth veterans The Growlers continue their patented style of mixing sunshiny electro based pop-rock with darker late-night dance vamps. Natural Affair won’t win over
Saxophonist T.K. Blue, known earlier in his career as Talib Kibwe, dedicates The Rhythms Continue, an expansive suite of 19 tracks to his long-time bandleader and mentor, NEA Jazz Master
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on The Roads to Richmond, the new album from rocker Tim Barry, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full
On these pages, we reviewed the pianist/composer/vocalist/bandleader Jon Batiste’s first album culled from his six-night residency in the Fall of 2018 at NYC’s famed Village Vanguard, Anatomy of Angels, which
Picture two young African-American men and focus on their band name, Black Violin. So much is said in just two words. Surely, their last album, entitled Stereotypes, puts it right
This writer would be among the first to admit that The Mavericks are one of roots music’s elite live bands. Yet, there’s too often been a sameness and blandness to
Ruston Kelly does not fit in. He isn’t making purely country music, or rock and roll, or even Americana. Instead, he has embraced genre-bending by creating one of his own:
The most striking aspect of Harry Connick Jr.’s tribute to Cole Porter, True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter, is the direct sensuality of Porter’s songs. Connick recognizes this and
Prior to the 2005 sessions at Memphis’ Ardent Studios that produced In Space, Big Star did the ideal prep by playing live dates in a lineup comprised of founder members
