Archive: 2019

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 Thomas, the latter two of whom were also members of The Wandering, an ensemble that appeared on record and on tour during another equally busy […]

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 solo outing, The Dark & The Light. While James’ music is rather genre-less, he and Ledbetter can both point to Chicago roots, the church and […]

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 digest all the high-quality Morrison music that’s come forth in recent years. Yes, we are blessed. That’s the case again with an expansion of Van’s […]

Calexico and Iron & Wine today has announced Years to Burn, their first full–length album together, available June 14th via City Slang in the UK/Europe and Sub Pop in the rest of the world. A lead track entitled “Father Mountain” can be heard below and an extensive North American, European, and UK tour has been […]

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 may be more good ideas here than the playing time of the album allows. But to the great credit of the band—and in contrast to […]

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 multi-instrumentalist releases an album, there are elements that link them together, but mostly, they are distinctly different. Fresh off the third part of his Centennial […]

Due to overwhelming demand, Live Nation and S2BN Entertainment today announced a limited run of Phil Collins Still Not Dead Yet, Live! dates have been confirmed for fall 2019. The 15-city limited engagement will kick off September 23rd in Dallas, TX and make stops in Houston, Tampa, Atlanta, Charlotte, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, New York City, Louisville, Omaha, […]

Matt Surfin’ & Friends is the project of New Orleans musician, producer, and part-time pizza delivery guy Matt Seferian. Born in D.C. and raised in Houston, Seferian moved to New Orleans in 2011 and threw himself headlong into the city’s famously robust music scene. Almost immediately, Seferian and his friends found themselves playing a vital […]

Based in Burlington, Ontario, Wooly Mantis is a powerful progressive rock outfit led by two driven musicians. Taking influence from legendary rock groups of the 60’s and 70’s, adding textures of jazz harmony to craft a delicate but heavy hitting, unique sound, Wooly Mantis is able to create a sonic landscape where the stories told […]