Archive: 2018

Guitar wizard, Joe Satriani, recently brought his thirteenth installment of the G3 experience to Boston’s legendary Orpheum Theater on February 15th. On this go-around of the US leg of the tour, Satch invited Def Leppard’s Phil Collen and Dream Theater’s John Petrucci to share the bill. Satriani headlined the night in support of his most-recent […]

[rating=9.00] When Marlon Williams’ excellent and critically acclaimed self-titled album was released two years ago the narrative around it was predictably uniform, is a Kiwi the greatest hope for Americana country and folk music? The New Zealander’s sound was easy to fall in love with as he evoked the great 50s and 60s voices of […]

Radiohead has confirmed a summer 2018 North American tour. The newly announced dates begin July 7in Chicago and conclude August 1 in Philadelphia. The new U.S. and Canada shows extend the world tour in support of the band’s latest album A Moon Shaped Pool (XL Recordings), and are the band’s first North American appearances since spring 2017. Tickets will be […]

[rating=9.00] Eddie and the Cruisers is an ill-fated, 1983 movie about a New Jersey, rock’n’roll band that falls apart in the second act: inexplicably, the plot pivots from something legible to a Scooby Doo-style mystery that leads Tom Berringer on a car chase through a castle made of scrap metal in the middle of an […]

Bridging both genres and generations with original music steeped in the history of its influences, Hood Smoke’s sonic narrative illustrates timeless stories using beautifully simple melodies set to a rhythmic foundation built firmly from the bass up. Since the release of their debut album, Laid Up In Ordinary (2012), Chicago’s Hood Smoke has continued to […]

No offense, but the funk scene these days leaves much to be desired. Many of the acts that are out there now rely heavily on uninspired tributes and bland grooves that may showcase plenty of technique but lack any kind of soul. Sure, it may be fun to dance to when you’re high, but it […]

After Janiva Magness added a 2016 Grammy nomination to her 26 Blues Music Award nominations — with seven wins, including Entertainer of the Year — she might have taken at least a short rest on her laurels. Instead, one of the preeminent voices in contemporary American roots music has raised the bar for herself. This […]

Since 2010, Myles Kennedy has been pulling a non-stop double-duty workload as a singer for guitar player Slash’s solo band and Alter Bridge, the band he joined in 2004. Not many vocalists can pull something like that off but Kennedy has – recording and touring with both bands, alternating as one entity took a break […]

Joseph Arthur and Peter Buck of R.E.M. fame have formed the new band Arthur Buck. The pair have just finished recording their debut album which will be released by New West Records. The collaboration was established after the pair met up in Mexico after Buck released the Filthy Friends album Invitation and Arthur was finishing […]

Austin-based trio Greyhounds has announced the upcoming release of their new LP Cheyenne Valley Drive on April 6th. They’ve also shared the first single from the record, “No Other Woman” which can be heard below… Greyhounds are the Austin trio of Anthony Farrell (vocals, keyboards), Andrew Trube (vocals and guitar) and Ed Miles (drums). Many music fans remember Farrell and Trube […]