Archive: 2016

April 1st marks the release of The Steepwater Band’s 6th full-length studio album Shake Your Faith . The LP features 11 brand new tracks and will be available via Compact Disc, Digital Download, and Double 180 Gram Vinyl. They recorded it last winter at Cleveland’s Crushtone Studios, in along with seasoned rock studio veteran Jim Wirt (Fiona […]

Back in 2012 songsmith Benjamin Scheuer found himself bouncing around the coffee shops of Greenwich Village performing autobiographical songs. Scheuer’s material dwelled on emotional subjects like the passing of his father when he was just 13, a romantic relationship gone awry, and getting diagnosed, treated for, and ultimately cured of advance stage cancer. This was heavy stuff, […]

[rating=7.00] At the tender age of 22, Parker Milsap has accomplished quite a bit in a very brief career. His eponymous debut turned quite a few heads in high places, reaping him honors as a contender for Americana Emerging Artist of the Year, along with praise from the likes of The Wall Street Journal, USA […]

In advance of next week’s season finale, The Walking Dead has been limping steadily towards the finish.

Originally from New York City and now based out of the culturally vibrant town of Asheville, North Carolina, The Broadcast are a band destined for big things. Caitlin Krisko is the frontwoman of The Broadcast and she immediately draws you in with her powerful, dynamic vocals. While the singer has formal training in music, the […]

A band’s second album is often harder to conceive than their first, especially if that debut caught a lot of people’s attention. The pressure is on – should they keep metamorphosing or stay the same, write brand new songs or pull out some from their past to tweak, do they stay out on the road a […]

Umphrey’s McGee wrapped their 28th show of 2016 and their Winter Tour with a knockout performance at The Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, CA that was fit for a New Year’s Eve celebration. Continuing the trend from the previous two nights and featuring a healthy mixture of improvised hippy metal, alternative dance and improvisation-inclined guests […]

Thao and The Get Down Stay Down sold out a Friday night show at Portland’s Wonder Ballroom. Having played a last minute set three weeks ago at Music Millennium, a record store on East Burnside, this night’s show marked their second Portland appearance in three weeks. Friday’s concert featured some of their most well-known songs, […]

[rating=10.00] In the late Sixties Gram Parsons came up with the term Cosmic American Music as a more eloquent and hippie-dippie way to describe the type of music he was making. Gram despised the term “country-rock” and felt his term was a more accurate if not generalized way to sum up the blend of rootsy […]