Archive: 2019

[rating=7.00] Two years after the release of her acclaimed No Roots EP, Alice Merton returns with her full-length debut. Sharing only one song – the mega-hit “No Roots” – with the EP, Mint is an impressive collection of irresistible pop gems that showcases Merton’s knack for infectious hooks and dancefloor-packing beats. From the opening salvo […]

Lux Prima, the forthcoming collaborative album from icons Karen O and Danger Mouse, is set for release March 15 on BMG. “Woman,” a new song from the record, debuts today—and can be heard below. The album’s title track, their debut recording as a duo, was released in November. “‘Woman’ came like a bolt out of the blue when we were in […]

Thirty years after forming in Limerick (initially as The Cranberry Saw Us) The Cranberries are set to release their 8th and final album In The End on April 26th. With Stephen Street once again taking producer duties, the eleven-track record brings a remarkable career to a fitting and powerful closure. Announcing the album, the band has shared the first […]

Those familiar with the sound and style of the DIY scene in Chicago’s Logan Square may be surprised to find out that it was the birthplace of psych pop quintet Lucille Furs. They are a little surprised themselves. At the time it wasn’t exactly the place to hear harmonies and harpsichords so much as songs […]

Love Hard Work Hard Play Hard is named for Deanie Richardson’s motto about life. The album shows she clearly believes in bringing love, work, and play into her fiddling too. Richardson, who is up for a Grammy this February as part of the all-female bluegrass group Sister Sadie, uses Love Hard Work Hard Play Hard […]

The BeachLife Festival is excited to announce its 2019 music lineup for a first-of-its-kind coastal event in Los Angeles happening May 3- 5, 2019 at Redondo Beach, CA’s Seaside Lagoon. The three-day immersive experience celebrating Southern California beach culture will feature iconic headliners Brian Wilson, Bob Weir and Willie Nelson performing oceanside, along with artists who are synonymous with SoCal ‘beach […]

British music icon and soon to be inducted Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Bryan Ferry has announced the U.S. leg his brand new 2019 World Tour playing songs from Avalon, solo & Roxy Music hits.  The tour will begin July 30 in Toronto, ON and travel across cities such as New York, Los Angeles, […]

True Detective is back…but just how True Detective is it?

Sky Blue, a collection of unreleased songs by one of the most celebrated songwriters of the twentieth century, is a time capsule that Townes Van Zandt created forty-six years ago, and we’re only now just unearthing and opening it to find the treasures inside. Scheduled for release by TVZ Records and Fat Possum Records on […]

Bob Weir and Wolf Bros will embark on a 20-date U.S. tour kicking off February 28 in Ithaca, NY and running through March 30 in Charleston, SC. The trio, featuring Weir, Don Was and Jay Lane, return to the road following a successful run of sold-out dates in Fall, 2018 that saw them performing the songs of the Grateful Dead and more. See below for a complete […]

When Steve Forbert walked up to the mic recently in Baton Rouge, he was holding a well-worn Gibson acoustic and a harmonica attached to his jaw. It was almost like a blast from the past, when songwriters had only themselves to rely on, to add different textures to a song and create magic with basically […]

Pezzettino is the recording name for Margaret Stutt, who adopted the name from the illustrated Leo Lionni children’s book. She currently lives in Oakland, CA. Her hometown is Racine, Wisconsin, where the blender, Off! bug spray and Ziploc bags were invented. Resin (out 2/8) is her first studio album since performing under the same name circa 2008-2012 […]

For WHO fans everywhere, the announcement of a brand new tour means only one thing: the world’s most untameable rock band is about to deliver the goods once again. Never ones for nostalgia, singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend will be unleashing the combustible force that is The Who, with symphonic accompaniment this summer and fall in 2019. Produced by Live Nation, The […]

Violet and the Undercurrents operates, in many ways, on both sides of a political divide. “Whenever I write more socially conscious songs,” says singer-songwriter Violet Vonder Haar, “I like to write in the space that, wherever you are on the political spectrum, you can still take something from it. I don’t want to offend people […]

Since founding her own label MPress Records two decades ago, NYC-based alt-pop artist Rachael Sage has steadily released a slew of vibrant, dynamic albums with poetic lyrics spanning subjects as wide as her inspirations. She has toured with an eclectic list of artists including Ani DiFranco, Beth Hart, Sarah McLachlan, Judy Collins and Howard Jones. […]

Austin based R&B soul singer and songwriter Kelly Hafner is due to drop her debut studio album If it’s Love on February 22nd. Her show-stopping voice and unmistakably improvisational style keep listeners hooked from start to finish. Echoing the traditions of her soul forebears like Etta James, Lauryn Hill, Marvin Gaye, and Amy Winehouse, If […]

The Branford Marsalis Quartet has announced the release of their new album, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul, on March 1 via OKeh Records, an imprint of Sony Music Masterworks, and Marsalis Music. Available now for pre-order, the new album finds the celebrated ensemble at a new peak, addressing a kaleidoscope of moods with […]

Musician Todd Snider has shared his latest song “Just Like Overnight”, from the upcoming record Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 available on March 15 through Aimless Records/Thirty Tigers. “Just Like Overnight”, which features Jason Isbell on background vocals, comes accompanied by a music video (below) with footage from the Cash Cabin Studio, Johnny Cash’s recording studio […]

The Green River Festival is pleased to announce that 2019’s artists will include First Aid Kit, The Wood Brothers, The Devil Makes Three, Rhiannon Giddens, and Tyler Childers. More bands will be announced in the coming weeks. + First Aid Kit: A Swedish indie folk duo with a devoted international following, First Aid Kit blend the bright vocal harmonies and pastoral, contemplative songwriting of sisters Klara […]