In response to overwhelming fan demand, Leonard Cohen’s acclaimed “Old Ideas World Tour” has just added a second North American leg. After enchanting audiences worldwide, the legendary singer/songwriter/poet culminated the
It never works this quick for most bands, but somehow brother Ryan and Taylor Lawhon made the record deal thing happen pronto. In March 2012, the Lawhons uploaded three original songs to a Bandcamp page under their initial moniker KO KO, the name of a boat they considered buying in the Newport Harbor. They had tracked the music on a laptop in the bedroom of their home, utilizing everything from guitars and bass to keyboards, synths, and organ. Growing up on their mother’s eclectic taste in new age music, it’s no surprise that the brothers captured their sound as more organic than outrageous.
The second day of Jam Cruise is a day spent at sea steaming towards our first port. The schedule of music and activities starts at noon, just a few hours
In recent years, as “Best Of” lists have proliferated and inched ever earlier into the fall, fourth quarter album output has borne little fruit. This year in particular, it felt
When it was revealed that Widespread Panic would be one of the headlining acts at the 10th installment of the Wakarusa Music Festival this spring, it seemed like only a
Brian Bavosa looks at what he thinks was the best year of Phish in over a decade.
Ava Luna, a soulful indie big band from Brooklyn, popped up on our radar this past year when they landed the cover of the print edition of Deli Magazine here
Two more outstanding new music recommendations from Aaron Stein.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic has added some of indie music’s most compelling acts to the Brooklyn Festival which takes place April 16-21, 2013 at Walt Disney Music Hall. Friday, April
As one of the tracks on Signed and Sealed in Blood declares, Boston’s favorite Celtic punk rock sons the Dropkick Murphys are back and they’re looking for trouble. Signed and Sealed in Blood is loaded with the kind of energy, passion and raucous chorus-like chants that have been somewhat muted on their past couple of releases, and it is a welcome relief for those who have been missing some of the pump your fist spirit that filled the band’s earlier records.
