2018

‘BlacKkKlansman’ Finds Spike Lee at the Top of His Game (FILM REVIEW)

James Roberts August 10, 2018 No Comments

Spike Lee returns and he’s mad as hell.

Robbie Fulks Teams with Memphis Legend Linda Gail Lewis To Put the Boogie Back in Country on “Wild, Wild, Wild” (ALBUM REVIEW))

Jim Hynes August 10, 2018 No Comments

[rating=8.00] One look at that headline and you’re probably thinking you’ve seen these Linda Gail Lewis collaborations before, most famously with 2000’s You Win Again with Van Morrison. That one

Ex Silos Leader Walter Salas Humara Keeps It Rock Steady & Catchy On ‘Walterio’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Lee Zimmerman August 10, 2018 No Comments

[rating=8.00] Walter Salas Humara has never been one to dismiss his past, especially as it applies to his Hispanic heritage. The onetime leader of the seminal Americana outfit The Silos

Hybrid Bluegrassers Mountain Heart Defies Convention on ‘Soul Searching’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Jim Hynes August 10, 2018 No Comments

[rating=7.00] Mountain Heart bills itself as a hybrid bluegrass group, of which there are several who have released albums in the last few months. What sets Mountain Heart apart is

‘The Meg’ Is The Meggiest Movie Ever Megged (FILM REVIEW)

Christian Long August 10, 2018 No Comments

We’re gonna need a megger meg.

SONG PREMIERE: Tom Freund (Ben Harper’s Old Bandmate) Displays Songwriting Intellect With “Brokedown Jubilee”

Glide August 9, 2018 No Comments

Over the course of his career, singer/songwriter and Americana artist Tom Freund has released more than a dozen records, collaborated with legends such as Elvis Costello and Jackson Browne, pulled a half-decade stint

SONG PREMIERE: Memphis’ Impala Raise a Glass to the Late Night Crowd With Latin-tinged Surf Rocker “The Insomniac”

Glide August 9, 2018 No Comments

Impala was formed in Memphis, TN in the early 1990s. Their first long player, El Rancho Reverbo, was co-produced by the legendary Roland Janes (Jerry Lee Lewis’ guitar player and

Iraq Veteran & Gifted Soul Singer Slay As War and Treaty On R&B Debut ‘Healing Tide’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Jim Hynes August 9, 2018 No Comments

[rating=8.00] Seriously, it might not be since the heyday of Ike and Tina Turner that we’ve heard a married couple belt out soulful R&B like War and Treaty, the husband

El Ten Eleven Push Rock Band Boundaries With ‘Banker’s Hill’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Steve Ovadia August 9, 2018 No Comments

[rating=9.00] Back in 2013, Karl Urban and Michael Ealy starred in Almost Human, a science fiction buddy cop/police procedural network series set in the future. The show centered around Urban

George Clinton Closes Newport Jazz Fest With A Thunderous Funk Clinic (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)

Paul Bloomfield August 9, 2018 No Comments

After a sudden burst of “a thousand kilowatts for P-Funk,” from the speakers (photographers reeled back at the sonic blast), all four music stages of the festival must be aware