Reviews

The Mohawk in Austin brought Mexico to Austin, Texas on Tuesday, February 27 with the booking of Mexican superstars Molotov. Though they don’t come up in conversations quite so much stateside, their legacy spans back to the mid-’90s, and they’ve spent those years wisely establishing themselves as one of the foremost metal and rap groups […]

The Colorado leg of the Winter Wondergrass festival took place this past weekend, February 23-25. The festival, which was hosted by the cozy mountain town of Steamboat Springs, kicked off shortly after the slopes closed down for the day and started things off in proper ski town fashion with a two-hour, free apres-ski featuring some […]

The last few years have been a whirlwind for Margo Price. After trying to make a go at a country music career for years, Price was losing before she was signed to Jack White’s Third Man Records, where her 2016 album Midwestern Farmer’s Daughter was hailed as a standout of the authentic modern outlaw country […]

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Crushed Coins, the new album from country-Americana rocker Caleb Caudle, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

A spiritual transformation takes place when one walks through downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Rain or shine, Nashville earns its nickname “Music City” for one good reason. There is music everywhere. From the honky-tonks on Broadway to the underground, hip clubs both east and west of Music Row, it never ends. At the heart of the city, […]

One of America’s most enduring rock groups, Chicago, has begun a brand new tour in 2018, with a new line up and a new set-list concentrating on the band’s classic tunes from their first two albums. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers took a break from their current month-long residency at the Venetian hotel […]

The Walking Dead continues to ramble on towards nowhere.

[rating=7.00] Seth Walker’s music, a fusion of style at the flash-point of blues and country, is that very distinctive sort difficult, if not impossible to categorize, much less pigeonhole with ease. As a result, this songwriter, musician and bandleader must rely on the inexorable process he’s followed for many years now, recording and touring to […]

[rating=7.00] Some records are so strikingly beautiful, they burrow into your consciousness from the first listen on. And when looking for obvious examples, one need only look to the band Darlingside, whose celestial, neo-pop sound is not only harrowing and haunting but also compelling in its own lush and tender way. Extralife, the follow up […]

[rating=8.00] When Levon Helm passed, his fervent wish, as expressed to his close friends like Jim Weider and Jimmy Vivino, was to “keep it going.”  In that spirit, Levon’s famed barn, home of the Midnight Rambles, still hosts gigs. His daughter, Amy, is forging her own successful career. The Midnight Ramble Band continues as the […]