Archive: 2017

[rating=7.00] The fourth studio album from wonder trombone/trumpet player Troy Andrews aka Trombone Shorty is also his first for the iconic Blue Note label. Rather than go the classic jazz route on Parking Lot Symphony Andrews melds all of the styles (blues, funk, hip-hop, R&B, pop) that he excels at it into a gumbo that […]

Rocking blues jams were the order of the evening for Jonny Lang on April 25th at Orlando’s Plaza Theatre. Lang’s music has consistently evolved ever since bursting onto the blues scene as a guitar prodigy with 1997’s Lie To Me, whether it’s adding more of a pop rock influence with 2003’s Long Time Coming, going […]

Plus, a familiar face comes back to Jurassic Park.

Della Mae’s mandolin player and occasional vocalist Jenni Lyn Gardner is stepping into the roll of band leader while her group is on hiatus with a debut solo album. Burn Another Candle, which she released as Jenni Lyn, features a healthy mix of traditional music and progressive roots, including eight originals, a Jim Lauderdale cover […]

Grammy-nominated musician Grace Potter announced today the lineup for the 2017 Grand Point North music festival.  The Trey Anastasio Band will join Potter, Dawes, Mondo Cozmo, Joseph, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Low Cut Connie, Son Little, and Tank & The Bangas for the annual festival, scheduled for September 16 and 17 at Burlington, Vermont’s […]

With the start of Jazz Fest 2017 only days away in New Orleans, fans have already secured their hotel rooms, booked their flights, circled their cubes and pulled out the vacation cash fund for food, food and more food. If it’s April, it’s time for the Laissez les bons temps rouler; in other words, let […]

Paul McCartney has added a massive new run of U.S. dates to his One On One tour. The newly announced dates kick off July 5th at Miami’s AmericanAirlines Arena—Paul’s first Miami appearance since his Up & Coming Tour hit Sun Life Stadium in 2010—then head northwest to Tampa, where Paul will play July 10th at the Amalie Arena, returning to […]

The slow evolution of Saul Goodman continues to unfold as season three progresses.

Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister (Planetarium) To Play Select Dates This Summer

By the end of the eighties, New Haven, Connecticut’s Miracle Legion had assembled a cult-like fan base with the rise of independent college radio stations and alternative rock bands like The Replacements and Sonic Youth. From 1984 to 1997 the group would release a handful of albums and a number of EP’s, earning praise as seminal […]