Reviews

[rating=7.00] Since departing the cheery camaraderie of his Felice Brothers in 2009, Simone Felice has created a body of solo work cinematic in its detail and borderline hallucinatory in its introspection. Not wholly bereft of the rustic joviality of his former fraternity—2011’s Nothing Gold Can Stay by the duo of The Duke and The King […]

If you mention the name Bill Murray to just about anyone, they will most likely smile and try their best to mimic his unique delivery with a quote from one of his classic comedies, such as Meatballs, Groundhog Day, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters or even from one of his iconic characters from his tenure on Saturday Night […]

It feels lately as though Brandi Carlile has defied the odds. Since splashing onto the scene more than a decade ago with her sublime sophomore album, The Story, she’s built up a sizeable following and released a consistently solid string of records, but for the most part, it seemed as though things had plateaued for […]

[rating=7.00] Josh Rouse has always taken an unassuming stance throughout most of his career, never making music that sounds so assertive as to detract from his generally supple style. Love in the Modern Age is no exception, a breezy set of songs that shimmer and shine with an irrepressible radiance that invites and entices the […]

The latest episode showcases all of this season’s problems. Can they be fixed by this weekend’s finale?

Under the steady glow of the lights on a spartan stage, aka acoustic Hot Tuna, made it look easy on April 4th at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland Vermont. Yet during the course of the two roughly one-hour sets comprising this appearance near the end of their brief  spring tour, the former guitarist and bassist […]

[rating=8.00] Nels Cline has it all figured out. He plays with Wilco for the bigger audiences and makes adventurous avant-jazz albums to satisfy his ever-changing, creative muse. Wilco’s lead guitarist since 2004 began his recording career in 1980 and with this release, Currents, Constellations; under his own name he has delivered almost 50 albums, this […]

[rating=9.00] It’s become a common colloquialism to say, “Who remembers much from the s’70s anyway?”  Let’s go back to 1971 when youngsters were listening to Led Zeppelin, The Who and when first Krist Kristofferson, and then John Prine, then a 23-year-old mailman from rural Illinois graced turntables. John Prine’s self-titled release was indeed a revelation […]

Though it was only a few songs into the second band to grace the main stage on day one, Steep Canyon Rangers frontman Woody Platt summed up the 4th Winter WonderGrass Tahoe Festival in Squaw Valley.  “This festival always has the heartiest fans. It’s usually raining sideways or freezing cold, and this year it’s both, […]

Singer-songwriter Elizabeth Cook brought us into her living room last Friday night (April 6, 2018) at the Red Dragon Listening Room in Baton Rouge. Sitting in a chair, jacket thrown over the back, tall lamp standing next to her and a natural ability to make a room full of people her best friends in the […]