Dave’s Picks, Volume 29 – Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA – 2/26/77 is not trumpeted as one of the famed ‘Betty Boards.’ And, in fact, in his essay to this
Brothers Daniel and Jesse Reaux began performing as The Rayo Brothers at a songwriting competition mounted in their home town of Lafayette, Louisiana in 2012. Recruiting Lance Kelehan on drums
No longer fearful about and defiantly intent on asking for and getting more, the powerhouse Toronto-based singer/songwriter Damhnait (prounounced “DAV-net”) Doyle – renowned in her native country for her stints in
ALO brought their gooey rock and roll show to Portland, Oregon’s Wonder Ballroom on Friday, March 15th, inviting out special guests and playing right up until curfew, forgoing an encore.
Terrifying and thoughtprovoking, Us is a remarkable work from a certified master.
Following close on the heels of his collaboration with guitarist Colin Linden, Amour, Luther Dickinson now issues Solstice, a group endeavor whose personnel includes Amy Helm, Amy LaVere and Sharde
The parallels between the lost-way-too-soon Chicago blues vocalist, the late Michael Ledbetter and the blues influenced born-and-raised Chicago vocalist Shawn James seems impossible to ignore as we consider James’ fourth
There’s a pattern forming. The prolific, ever restless Van Morrison issues new material on Caroline, and then Sony/Legacy responds with either new material or vintage material. It’s getting hard to
If Ghost Light’s debut album, Best Kept Secrets, is worthy of any criticism, it is that which applies to so many first works by so many artists, that is, there
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, called by some “The architect of a new commercially viable fusion” and “Jazz’s young style God,” continues to forge new ground. Each time the New Orleans-based
