2018

‘The Rider’ A Sublime Work of Cinematic Poetry (FILM REVIEW)

James Roberts May 11, 2018 No Comments

Saddle up for this brilliantly heartfelt work.

Blues Music Awards Winners Announced; Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’s ‘TajMo’ Wins Seven Awards

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Te 39th annual Blues Music Awards turned into something of a one-year anniversary party for Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’. Their acclaimed collaboration TajMo, which was released on May 4, 2017, picked up both Album of the

Frightened Rabbit Singer Scott Hutchison Confirmed Dead at 36

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The worst news that could have happened realized itself as the body found at a marina on the banks of the Firth of Forth has been confirmed as missing Frightened

‘Before The Dead’ Captures Jerry Garcia’s Formative Years (BOX SET REVIEW)

Doug Collette May 11, 2018 No Comments

In roughly three and half hours of live and studio recordings, captured in various ways at a variety of locales between 1961 and 1964, Before the Dead documents the late

Ry Cooder Channels Uplifting Gospel With ‘Prodigal Son’ (Album Review)

Jim Hynes May 11, 2018 1 Comment

[rating=9.00] A colleague of mine spoke to Ry Cooder recently and shared how Cooder describes his music, “…it’s nothing special. All music is the same, all that folk stuff. You

Peter Hook and The Light Radiate ‘Substance’ at Minneapolis’ First Avenue (PHOTOS)

Billy Briggs May 11, 2018 No Comments

Peter Hook and the Light recently kicked off a tour where he and the band will be performing New Order and Joy Division’s respective Substance albums, a reprise of the

The National Reserve Emerge Among Americana’s Finest With ‘Motel La Grange’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Jim Hynes May 11, 2018 No Comments

[rating=7.00] Emerging roots-rock band The National Reserve will draw attention with this sophomore release Motel La Grange and their festival-filled spring and summer touring schedule. They aren’t exactly newcomers. Getting

LISTEN: Low Cut Connie’s Dirty Pictures (Part 2) Via NPR First Listen

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On May 18, Low Cut Connie will release Dirty Pictures (Part 2) via Contender Records. The album is now streaming in its entirety via NPR Music First Listen. NPR’s Alison Fensterstock

Neil Young Plans Six Date Solo Acoustic Tour

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Neil Young has recently reunited with Crazy Horse for a run of California theater gigs after a four-year layoff, and just when we thought a full-on Horse tour would be

Nine Inch Nails Announce North American Tour With Jesus and Mary Chain Support

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Nine Inch Nails will launch COLD AND BLACK AND INFINITE NORTH AMERICA 2018 on September 13 with support The Jesus and Mary Chain. The band will bring their “musical, visual, emotional sensory onslaught,” as hailed by The New York Times, to some