2018

Jimmy’s Luck Turns Bad on ‘Better Call Saul’ (TV REVIEW)

James Roberts October 2, 2018 No Comments

The end draws near for season four and everything is up in the air.

Gregory Alan Isakov Takes Lifelong Songwriting Skills To The Farm On New Album ‘Evening Machines’

Jody Mace October 2, 2018 No Comments

Gregory Alan Isakov’s fourth full-length studio album might be a very different album if he wasn’t also a full-time farmer. On his Colorado farm he grows salad greens for chefs,

Dave Mason and Steve Cropper Bring Rock & Soul Revue Show To Pasadena’s The Rose (SHOW REVIEW)

Andy J. Gordon October 2, 2018 No Comments

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members Dave Mason and Steve Cropper – two prolific songwriters and brilliant guitarists – brought their Rock & Soul Revue show to The Rose

Rival Record Collectors’ Pursuit Rare Blues LP In Dark Indie ‘Chasing The Blues’ (FILM REVIEW)

Marc Lacatell October 2, 2018 No Comments

Would you give up everything for a song? This lofty question is first posed during the captivating trailer of director Scott Smith’s Chasing the Blues. The question is then individually

Circles Around The Sun Stirs Up Some California Psych At Half Moon Bay’s Old Princeton Landing (SHOW REVIEW)

Brennan Lagasse October 2, 2018 No Comments

It was during a set break at one of the 2015 Soldier Field Grateful DEad Fare Thee Well celebration shows that this author kept drifting in an out of a conversation with friends,

VIDEO PREMIERE: Melissa Ruth Meditates on Loneliness With Soulful Blues Tune “You Are Not Alone”

Glide October 2, 2018 No Comments

Melissa Ruth’s music lies somewhere along that stretch of sonic highway where Americana and blues converge into one long, sometimes lonesome road. But Ruth likes to detour toward a place

Richard Swift Shines With Posthumous Psych-Soul LP ‘The Hex’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Joey Willis October 2, 2018 No Comments

[rating=7.00] The name Richard Swift may not ring a bell for most music fans, but many have heard Swift albeit without knowing it. Swift played with well-known bands like The

Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly Make For Raucous Double-Header in Irvine, CA (SHOW REVIEW)

Gary Schwind October 1, 2018 No Comments

“CAPTAIN KELLY’S KITCHEN!” That was the shout by Ken Casey that opened the Dropkick Murphys set at Five Point Amphitheater in Irvine on Friday, September 28. That was followed by

Frontman Luke Spiller Of The Struts Talks New LP ‘ Young & Dangerous’ & Opening For The Stones (INTERVIEW)

Leslie Michele Derrough October 1, 2018 No Comments

With a cool new album dropping later this month, The Struts continue on their journey to bigger & better music. With a few EPs and a full-length debut album, Everybody

SONG PREMIERE: Chase McBride Builds Luminous Layers on Sublime “Pieces” Off New LP ‘Pink Lemonade’

Glide October 1, 2018 No Comments

Chase McBride’s painterly folk is imbued with pop optimism, his sense for rhythm and melody, and his gentle voice. His previous albums Cold Water and Green Shade have found viral success on streaming platforms,