The way bands come and go, you have to be impressed when a band has been at it for more than 20 years. Pepper is one such band. Along the
2019 marks the twenty-fifth year in the existence of Gov’t Mule, but Bring On The Music doesn’t exactly represent a formal recognition of that milestone. Nor does it constitute, in
Dave Alvin’s King of California, first issued in 1994, marked a pivotal point in Alvin’s career. Known primarily as a rocker from his days with X, The Blasters, and even
Antidote from Chick Corea and his newly formed Spanish Heart Band revisit songs from his classic albums My Spanish Heart and Touchstone. The Spanish Heart Band is a multi-cultural octet
Given its principals’ forebears, The Allman Betts Band exhibits no small amount of courage in its decision to pool talent for recording and roadwork. Still, the first fruits of its
The draw of the lo-fi, garage-rock influenced bands of the late 90s (White Stripes) and early aughts (The Black Keys), was the energy they created using sparse instrumentation—just guitar, drums,
There is a vibrant sunset shimmering through Night Moves most recent album Can You Really Find Me as the songs breathe in the summer dusk and exhale soothing retro radio-friendly
Mindi Abair and the Boneshakers have harnessed their power and approach, moving from what this writer felt was rather overdone, way-too-loud blues rock into a more electrifying, captivating, just-enough-restrained sound
The last time this writer heard an artist describe his music as “American Music” was the late Clarence “Gatemouth” Btown who shunned the blues label people ascribed to him. Now
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Tales of America, the new album from folk singer-songwriter J.S. Ondara, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution
