Steel Pulse is a band that has been around for 40 years producing reggae songs about social justice. Mass Manipulation is the band’s first album in 15 years, but the
This past November vocalist, composer and producer Vivian Sessoms released Life, her first full album in ten years, to much acclaim and now the much-anticipated companion, Life II, follows. It’s
Following 2017’s stellar Sleep Well Beast and surrounding world tours, no one would have begrudged the gents of The National a well-earned break. Beyond that, there was something distinctly final
Canadian singer-songwriter Lucette bears her soul on her sophomore release, Deluxe Hotel Room, produced by Sturgill Simpson. Checking in at a mere 29 minutes, this music is so searing and
Jimmie Vaughan honed his clean, note-driven guitar style with the Fabulous Thunderbirds in the ‘80s and together with his brother Stevie Ray, Robert Cray, and very few others brought a
Guitarist Carlos Barbosa-Lima leads a band of heralded Brazilian musicians on Delicado, a set honoring the traditions of Rio de Janeiro as the center of Brazilian jazz. Fellow guitarist, Larry
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Kick, the new album from punk rock and roller Dave Hause, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution
We hailed Joanne Shaw Taylor (JST) as “several cuts above the rest” of the blues-rock artists on her previous album, Wild, with Joe Bonamassa’s band. Now the British born and
Great Divides is the fifth album for the Seattle-based alt-country rockers Massy Ferguson (MF), who, for lack of a better reference point, are the Pacific Northwest’s version of the Drive-by
These past couple weeks, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival web stories were all about big name headliner acts. Of course, The Rolling Stones were due to play there
