Part of being a true Van Halen fan is always feeling the band never gets its due. Sure, people rave about Eddie Van Halen’s guitar playing. And I’ve never met
Acclaimed singer/songwriter/pianist Davina Sowers has been making low budget records since 2006 and attracted plenty of notice from prestigious outlets like Downbeat in the process. This writer described her this
Billy Price’s star is rising. The Pittsburgh-based soul singer won a BMA for Best Soul Blues Album of 2015 when he collaborated with Otis Clay. Last year’s “Reckoning” received a
On “I Sing Them”, the midpoint of Ty Segall’s newest release First Taste, he declares his artistic mission statement, “I sing my song so I am free/I sing my song
The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker from 1959 was long before “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, “Boogie Chillun” and ”Dimples” but the groundwork for such fare is here
Mentions of music festivals in the summer of 1969 usually bring one name to mind for most – Woodstock. Blues fans, however, point to the Ann Arbor Blues Festival, the
Hotel Last Resort, the 10th album from playfully abrasive folk-punk institution Violent Femmes, is a quick enjoyable listen of mostly two and a half minute songs. Singer/guitarist Gordon Gano’s vocals
Texas singer-songwriter Adam Carroll released his own I Walked in Them Shoes just this past April and many accompanying stories mentioned the chemistry that he, his wife, Chris, have in
Timed to coincide with his special opening Friday night concert at the Newport Jazz Festival, pianist/ Jon Batiste is issuing a live set from his residency at NYC’s Village Vanguard
Particle Kid, while for all intents and purposes considered a full band, is largely the solo project of Micah Nelson. If the surname Nelson gets your music royalty sensors tingling
