Brandi Carlile Returns To The Gorge With Sheryl Crow and Yola
GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and performer Brandi Carlile will make her triumphant return to The Gorge next year on Saturday, June 6, 2020 for “Echoes Through The Canyon” with special guests Sheryl Crow and Yola. The special performance comes a year after Carlile’s headline debut at the venue, of which The Seattle Times praised, “a jubilant success-toasting birthday set…Carlile ripped off vibrato-soaked runs that could go […]
Wilco Announce Spring West Coast North American Tour – Share “Before Us” Video
Wilco is pleased to announce their 2020 spring North American Tour. In conjunction, the band has released a video for “Before Us,” (below) a track from their recently-released new album, Ode to Joy. This video was directed and filmed by Zoran Orlic at The Loft in Chicago during recording sessions for the album in early 2019. Following their current 2019 fall North American Tour and the forthcoming Winterlude (a special series of […]
Nada Surf Announce Ninth Studio Album ‘Never Not Together’
Nada Surf has announced the release of their long-awaited new LP, Never Not Together arriving via Barsuk on February 7. It’s the band’s ninth studio recording — their first in almost four years — and is heralded by the new single, “Something I Should Do,” which is accompanied by a new video and is available to […]
Michael McDonald Rejoining The Doobie Brothers For 50th Anniversary Summer Tour
Yacht Rockers rejoice. Four-time Grammy award winners and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees The Doobie Brothers today announced a 30-city North American tour to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band’s founding. Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons and John McFee will be back on tour together for the first time in nearly […]
Alice Cooper Brings Legendary Rock and Roll to Greenville, SC (PHOTOS)
On Friday, November 15th, Alice Cooper brought his legendary rock and roll show to Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina.
Ghost Light Deliver Swirling Jams, Cover Tame Impala at Portland, OR’s Wonder Ballroom (SHOW RECAP/PHOTOS)
Ghost Light’s west coast fall tour brought the quintet to Portland, Oregon’s Wonder Ballroom on Saturday, November 16th for two sets of swirling rock and psychedelic jamming. As you can see from the setlist, Ghost Light played both sets without any breaks between songs, and circled back around to songs started earlier in the sets. […]
Scott H. Biram Shines On ‘Sold Out to the Devil: A Collection of Gospel Cuts by the Rev. Scott H. Biram’
Scott H. Biram is a one-man band, handling vocals, guitar, drums, and harmonica. His persona is that of mad religious cult leader, songs often equal parts rock and roll and testifying. The image is aided by his surviving a head-on wreck with an 18-wheeler, returning to the stage a month later, giving him a supernatural […]
LISTEN: Rodrigo y Gabriela Take On Metallica’s “Battery”
Acclaimed guitar virtuosos Rodrigo y Gabriela have unveiled a spectacular new version of the Metallica classic, “Battery,” which will be featured on the duo’s upcoming METAL EP, due from ATO Records on Black Friday, November 29, as a one-sided 12” vinyl Record Store Day First release, limited to 2,500 and available only at independent record […]
Celebrated Female Artists Sing the Songs of Tom Waits on ‘Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
This tribute to Tom Waits is being issued a couple of weeks before his 70th birthday as an elite group of female artists find the beauty and magic in his songs on Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits. The results will likely startle you. The imagery you associate with Waits – the trashcan […]
Large Jazz Ensemble Teams with Guests On ‘Big Band of Brothers: A Jazz Celebration of the Allman Brothers Band’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The best music is timeless and malleable, lending itself to interpretation. Such is the music of The Allman Brothers Band. As you know, this is the 50th anniversary of the release of their first studio album. This year has seen multiple Allman Brothers-related projects, many of which were covered on these pages. This may be […]