We were expecting the lineup for the ninth annual Austin City Limits Festival to drop later today, but the USA Today got ahead of the story by sharing that The
There's a tremendous irony arising from the plethora of posthumous Jimi Hendrix releases following his unexpected death in 1970. The early Alan Douglas productions, a steady stream of shoddy bootlegs, the MCA repackages in 1993 (followed closely by the first Experience Hendrix releases in 1997 and their own Dagger series) as well as the deluxe packages of the newly-introduced Experience Hendrix/Legacy Recordings partnership, to a great degree reflect the restless creative urge of the guitar icon. That said, it's hard to resist the temptation to ask when is enough enough, particularly when it comes to ostensibly official releases.
The barren landscape served as an appropriate backdrop to Jakob Dylan’s live performance at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. It depicted the overall tone quite well, which was simple, with images and landscapes of a rural and forlorn country. However, the show was sometimes a little jaded and monotonous.
Martin Sexton is one of the most unflappably earnest musicians on the planet, and he always manages to stand out in a genre that is unmercifully crowded. His latest release, Sugarcoating, brings listeners more of his positive, folk-tinged acoustic rock and stirring lyricism. Sexton’s music has frequently centered on themes of personal fulfillment and the tenuous existence of human happiness, and Sugarcoating does some of the same, simultaneously addressing materialism, success, and other trappings of the modern world.
Around since the mid-’90s, roots-rockers The Mother Hips have always seemed to be one of those bands that have never been able to break it big despite their fervent cult
Last year, Gillian Welch’s longtime musical collaborator Dave Rawlings released his first solo album A Friend Of A Friend under the clever moniker – Dave Rawlings Machine. The album, which
For a little beginning of the week boost by way of commiseration, this week’s Stormy Monday is a workingman’s mix of music, kicking off with The Mother Hips’ Raining Gravel,
As we reach the peak of the May Sweeps rating period, the late night shows are all trying to out do each other with their musical bookings which certainly benefits
Last November, we first hipped you to the psychedelic-folk sounds of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros via our semi-regular Blips column. The LA-based, hippie-collective, who seem to be one
The Disco Biscuits performing at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ on May 8th, 2010.
