Archive: 2018

If nothing else, he sure is scruffy looking.

Forget the game, here’s every trailer shown during last night’s Super Bowl.

Netflix proves you can market anything with genius and flair…even pointless crap.

Although Duane Betts is already well-known as a guitar player, having toured with Dawes a few years ago, was in Backbone 69 with Cisco Adler and Christopher Williams, and has jammed with the likes of Gov’t Mule, The Doors’ Robby Krieger and his father Dickey’s old band, the Allman Brothers, he is ready to make […]

Legendary songwriter, recording artist and performer Paul Simon, will embark on his farewell concert tour on May 16 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at Rogers Arena. Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour will encompass shows across North America, the United Kingdom and Europe, with Simon and his band bringing to the stage a stunning, career-spanning […]

Sweden’s dynamic duo First Aid Kit brought their Americana-tinged folk-rock to Seattle recently to a sold-out show at the historic Moore Theatre on January 28th. Their first stop in Seattle in four years, their show did not disappoint. The earnest sisters and the three backing musicians, ably supported by Van William, had the audience alternately […]

The world is a dark place and if you spend too much time dwelling on the perpetual storm of chaos and injustice – especially in the White House – you might as well never get out of bed. But if you look in the right places, you’ll find voices of reason out there, fighting against […]

Just when you think American roots music should be relegated to the dusty confines of a purist’s museum, it will surprise you with a paradigm shift. Take Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra — passing through tradition, the quartet stumbled upon innovation, proving that old souls can be creatively fresh. The Santa Cruz, California-based […]

alt-J has announced a headlining tour of North America starting on April 7 at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, CO. The tour includes festival stops at Coachella, Bonnaroo, Firefly and Mountain Jam. A show at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY will mark the largest venue the band has headlined in North America. That show […]

On Thursday, February 1st, 2018, vocalist, songwriter and producer Absofacto played Holocene in Portland, Oregon. Absofacto is currently touring in support of his debut EP, Thousand Peaces.

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels created layered harmonies and spontaneous interplay that far exceeded their work on their studio album I Long To See You in their ninety plus minute performance at Williams Center of the Arts at Lafayette College in Easton, PA on January 27. This is a jazz supergroup, featuring guitarist Bill Frisell, pedal […]

Magnificent in scope but poor in execution, Bilal: A New Breed of Hero collapses on itself.

Wilcoworld Radio, a unique global broadcast created by dBpm Records in celebration of the recent deluxe reissues of the band’s first two albums, A.M. and Being There (Rhino), begins streaming today at 10AM CT via Wilcoworld.net. The full 10+ hours of programming will be rebroadcast each day in its entirety on the 10 o’clock hour […]

[rating=8.00] The Wood Brothers’ One Drop of Truth should have the same wholly positive effect on the fans who hear it as on new listeners to the group. This seventh studio record offers so satisfying an experience, it will whet the appetite to hear the earlier efforts of this now certifiably great band. To be […]

[rating=8.00] We Rise Up is the acoustic trio, Raven and Red’s, first album of original music. Originally from Georgia and Pennsylvania, they are now based in Nashville. Members are Brittany Lynn Jones – lead and harmony vocals, 5-string violin, tenor guitar, mandolin and banjolin; and brothers Mitchell Lane – lead & harmony vocals, 6 and […]

On January 25 – 28, the Winter X-Games celebrated it’s 22nd year in Aspen, Colorado with an action packed extended weekend of big air, big shows, and the biggest collection of cojones gathered this side of the Rockies has ever seen. Our own intrepid Arthur VanRooy braved the Arctic temperatures and endless varieties of mediocre Monster […]

SXSW Film brings another eclectic and exciting lineup.

Marty O’Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra are probably not yet a blip on your radar screen. That should change. If you are the kind of music listener that likes to connect with your music and understand the importance of textured sound, then it is time for you to find these guys. Their new record […]

The Fleeting Ends are a group of Philadelphia native musicians that have reformed and reclaimed the name after the original lineup parted ways in 2014. Frontman/guitarist/songwriter Matt Vantine took off for San Francisco after the group split and began establishing himself as a solo act. Upon returning home in 2017, he met singer-songwriters Michael Kahana […]